Qualcomm said today it is running Google’s Android platform on its Snapdragon chipset designed for netbooks and mobile Internet devices. This isn’t earth-shattering since Snapgragon is an ARM-based chip, and another Qualcomm ARM-based chip powers the G1 Android phone. Qualcomm is also… Read More »
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Cisco predicts that traffic on the world’s networks will increase 46 percent from 2007 to 2012, nearly doubling every two years. Given the rise in usage by new economies around the world, it’s a forecast that makes sense. Continue Reading. Read More »
In-flight broadband antenna maker AeroSat has raised $14 million for expansion. Their antenna is going to be installed in the planes of several major airlines starting this summer, further proof of the growing market for in-flight broadband. Hallelujah…real-time stock quotes have arrived at… Read More »
Google general counsel Andrew Mclaughlin in a Light Reading story about the FCC forgot a four letter word called “tact.” “The FCC sucks,” Mclaughlin says. “Why would you want the FCC to get involved in anything? Its track record is pretty bad when it comes to… Read More »
Sony PSP is going hit the stores this week, and as Russell says it is one of the most eagerly awaited platforms on the market, something that could actually turn Sony’s fortunes around. I think so too. (There is a great story on PSP… Read More »
Intel Corp., having failed disastrously with its own efforts to break into the digital home/television market, has decided that is going to buy its way into the market. It has acquired Israeli-start-up Oplus for $100 million. Oplus makes video processors and other chips that… Read More »
No seriously…. because if that’s the case then I predict sun is going to rise tomorrow from the west, and the actual sales of IPOD will exceed that of Microsoft’s. Jupiter’s history of wrong forecasts and predictions should make us all wary about what they… Read More »
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is concerned about SBC’s TIPTop enough to issue a statement today, warning the Bell that FCC has got the company within its cross hair. “Should we conclude that this tariff is being used… Read More »
W3 will be discussing wireless web standards in Barcelona tomorrow and day after. Tons of presentations. No surprise, Microsoft is not presenting any papers. No Intel either. Tells you how serious they are about the whole wireless thing. Read More »
Let me explain the totally and completely politically incorrect headline. Ofcom, the UK regulator says that UK has raced past Germany in broadband penetration. In June 2004 the UK had 7.5 broadband connections per hundred people, compared to Germany’s 6.7 per hundred. No matter, UK… Read More »
SBC Communications, finally, is getting its FTTP groove on. The company has started to formalize and pick vendors for its mega-billion dollar rollout. The big winner of this bonanza is Alcatel, which has built a sizeable portfolio of FTTP/C products. To drive fiber deeper into the… Read More »
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