7 Dec, 2007
NASDAQ-listed handset solutions vendor Spreadtrum Communications expects that the handset market in China will remain strong in 2008 despite a temporary easing in demand seen in the fourth quarter of this year, company vice president Renyong Fan said recently in Taipei.
Continuing economic growth in China, the upcoming commercialization of the TD-SCDMA networks and the planned launch of EDGE and TD-SCDMA services by China Mobile will help drive up demand for handsets in China in the coming year, Fan asserted.
At Spreadtrum, the company has already developed a complete lineup of GSM, EDGE and TD-SCDMA baseband solutions, with some of those solutions already entering design-in and design-win processes with downstream partners, said Fan, noting that a number of devices using Spreadtrum's solutions are to enter mass-production in the first half of 2008.
In other news, the production of Spreadtrum's next-generation baseband handset solutions will migrate to a 65nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in 2008, Fan indicated.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
HTC to launch Touch Cruise PDA phone in November
22 Oct, 2007
High Tech Computer (HTC) plans to launch a new GPS-enabled touch-controlled PDA phone, the HTC Touch Cruise, in November, according to sources familiar with the company's roadmap.
The Touch Cruise, originally the HTC Polaris, is powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7200 400MHz processor and Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 OS (operating system), the sources noted.
In addition, the new PDA phone, equipped with a 2.8-inch QVGA screen and a 3-megapixel camera, supports HTC's TouchFLO technology and the HSUPA (high speed upload packet access) standard, the sources added.
HTC also plans to add at least three new models to its HTC Touch lineup that will include two 3.5G smartphones and one EDGE-enabled model, the sources indicated.
High Tech Computer (HTC) plans to launch a new GPS-enabled touch-controlled PDA phone, the HTC Touch Cruise, in November, according to sources familiar with the company's roadmap.
The Touch Cruise, originally the HTC Polaris, is powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7200 400MHz processor and Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 OS (operating system), the sources noted.
In addition, the new PDA phone, equipped with a 2.8-inch QVGA screen and a 3-megapixel camera, supports HTC's TouchFLO technology and the HSUPA (high speed upload packet access) standard, the sources added.
HTC also plans to add at least three new models to its HTC Touch lineup that will include two 3.5G smartphones and one EDGE-enabled model, the sources indicated.
Monday, September 10, 2007
MediaTek to acquire Analog Devices cellular handset radio and baseband chipset operations
10 Sept 2007
MediaTek announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets related to the Analog Devices Othello radio and SoftFone baseband chipset product lines, as well as certain cellular handset baseband support operations, for approximately US$350 million in cash.
Through the acquisition, MediaTek's wireless handset division gains: a global team of approximately 400 product development and customer support professionals; an established customer base around the world; new radio transceiver and baseband chipset products, including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, and TD-SCDMA chipsets.
The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction, which is expected to close near the end of 2007, following the satisfaction of regulatory requirements and other customary closing conditions. Tax assessments and any additional closing costs will reduce the net amount of proceeds received by ADI from the transaction.
ADI plans to continue to invest in the wireless handset market by focusing on developing high-performance analog, micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS), and programmable digital signal processing (DSP) products that enhance the audio, video, connectivity, and power efficiency capabilities in a range of wireless multimedia devices, said the company.
In ADI's recently completed third quarter of fiscal year 2007, revenues from these product lines represented US$43 million, or 6% of revenues, noted the company.
MediaTek announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets related to the Analog Devices Othello radio and SoftFone baseband chipset product lines, as well as certain cellular handset baseband support operations, for approximately US$350 million in cash.
Through the acquisition, MediaTek's wireless handset division gains: a global team of approximately 400 product development and customer support professionals; an established customer base around the world; new radio transceiver and baseband chipset products, including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, and TD-SCDMA chipsets.
The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction, which is expected to close near the end of 2007, following the satisfaction of regulatory requirements and other customary closing conditions. Tax assessments and any additional closing costs will reduce the net amount of proceeds received by ADI from the transaction.
ADI plans to continue to invest in the wireless handset market by focusing on developing high-performance analog, micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS), and programmable digital signal processing (DSP) products that enhance the audio, video, connectivity, and power efficiency capabilities in a range of wireless multimedia devices, said the company.
In ADI's recently completed third quarter of fiscal year 2007, revenues from these product lines represented US$43 million, or 6% of revenues, noted the company.
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