Forthcoming Qualcomm Equipment Banned from Import to U.S. in Broadcom Spat
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Following last month's US$20-million damages settlement, which could be trebled due to wilful infringement of nine claims in four patents owned by Broadcom, Qualcomm has lost out again in the latest round of patent litigation with rival chip-maker Broadcom. While agreement has been reached in a number of similar patent claims, the ...
Regulator Set to Okay FMC Roll-Out in Italy
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Italy's telecoms regulator, AGCOM, is set to lift its ban on fixed-mobile convergence products (FMC) according to a report on the Italian financial daily, Il Sole 24 Ore. AGCOM had barred Telecom Italia and Vodafone from offering their respective FMC products in the market in 2006. The regulator blocked Telecom Italia's attempt ...
Up Front: Tethered to the Home
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At the recent National Cable & Telecommunication Association (NCTA) event in Las Vegas, I moderated 'Cable Without Cable: Strategies for the Wild Wireless World', a panel featuring three cable operators -- Rogers, Cox Communications and Time Warner. Having moderated plenty of panels in the wireless space, this was my ...
Power Advance Heralds Future of Gadgets That Can be Recharged Wirelessly
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers announced they had made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly, potentially previewing a future in which cell phones and other gadgets get juice without having to be plugged in. The breakthrough, disclosed Thursday in Science ...
EU Approves Roaming Caps
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The European Union's 27 governments finalized a law today capping roaming charges for customers using mobile phones abroad. The law caps roaming fees for the first year at 66 cents a minute for making calls and 32 cents for receiving calls abroad. Price caps are scheduled to decrease to 62 cents and 30 cents in the second year and 58 ...
Limelight Raises IPO Price
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Limelight Networks LLC filed an updated S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that raises the price of its IPO from the $10 to $12 range to the $12 to $14 range. The exact price will be determined this evening. The number of shares offered will remain the same at 14,400,000. Limelight will begin trading tomorrow ...
Vodafone: Time to Scold the Mayo?
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A shareholder group led by investment firm Efficient Capital Structures has sent a letter to Vodafone Group plc asking the U.K.-based wireless company to sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless . The proposed spin-off would return approximately $79 billion to Vodafone shareholders. Vodafone must consider motions like this ...
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