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Qualcomm: Small Chips, Big Guns

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 8th, 2013

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs delivered the opening keynote at 2013 CES today, and announced several new Snapdragon processors at CES for smartphones, and tablets. The newest flagship processors, the Snapdragon 800 and 600, offering faster speeds and long battery with a shift to a 28nm HPm (“High Performance for mobile”) fabrication process and advanced Adreno [...]

Wireless 100 Gbps — Over 100 Miles?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 18th, 2012

DARPA has begun development of a wireless communications link that is capable of 100 gigabits per second over a range of 200 kilometers (124mi), reports Extreme Tech. Officially dubbed “100 Gb/s RF Backbone” (or 100G for short), the program will provide the US military with networks that are around 500 times faster than its current [...]

Wireless HDMI for Phones

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 10th, 2012

Silicon Image says that cellphones will soon be able to wirelessly transmit 1080p at 60fps to a nearby television using the 60 GHz band. Their Ultragig 6400 is said to be fully compatible with all WirelessHD 1.1 compliant receivers, and also includes an integrated MHL 2.0 compliant transmitter for optional wired connectivity. It is currently [...]

Backhaul: Up Against The Wall?

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 28th, 2012

According to Dell’Oro Group, the small cell market is expected to almost quadruple by 2016, with small cells essential to meet the projected capacity needs of mobile operators. Overall Wireless LAN market revenues are forecast to reach almost $10 billion in 2016, an increase of 54% over 2011 revenues, according to Dell’Oro Group. Market researcher [...]

Dish and Cablevision Settle Dispute

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 22nd, 2012

Dish Network has agreed to pay US$700 million to Cablevision Systems and its AMC Networks unit to settle a legal spat over the defunct Voom HD service. The companies signed a long-term agreement for Dish to carry the AMC Networks AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE TV. AMC’s cable networks — including the flagship channel [...]

Cellular: 1000x Capacity Increase Predicted

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 19th, 2012

By 2020, network professionals say a 1000X increase in capacity is necessary. That’s because there will be 10 times the amount of mobile broadband subscribers and each subscriber will consume 100 times the bandwidth they do today (about 1 GB per day). How can cellular providers keep up? Roughly speaking, Nokia thinks carriers can meet [...]