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Qualcomm fiscal 4Q profit slips 9 percent

Qualcomm Inc. says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit slipped 9 percent as revenue from the mobile phone technology it licenses and mobile-phone chips it makes declined.

Qualcomm: court grants motion to dismiss lawsuit

Qualcomm Inc. said Tuesday that a California court has granted its motion to dismiss a consumer class-action lawsuit that accused the chip maker of antitrust violations and unfair competition.

Earnings roundup: PepsiCo, Eli Lilly

Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, July 22, from AP Financial News:

Qualcomm 3Q profit edges lower

Qualcomm Inc. posted a slight decrease in its fiscal third-quarter profit Wednesday, though CEO Paul Jacobs said the chip maker had a strong quarter and healthy demand — a sign of recovery in the wireless market.

Power-sipping cell phone displays come closer

The first factory dedicated to making a new type of power-thrifty cell phone display has started operations, Qualcomm Inc. said this week.

Qualcomm posts 2nd-qtr loss on legal settlement

Qualcomm Inc. posted a fiscal second-quarter loss Monday on a hefty payment to rival chip maker Broadcom Corp. to end legal disputes that spanned several continents.

Qualcomm to pay $891M to settle suit with Broadcom

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. said late Sunday it will pay Broadcom Corp. $891 million over four years to settle a longstanding dispute over patents and royalties.

Qualcomm posts 2nd-qtr loss on legal settlement

Qualcomm says a legal settlement with rival chip maker Broadcom Corp. weighed its results to a loss in its fiscal second quarter.

Qualcomm delays earnings for talks with Broadcom

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. delayed its quarterly earnings report Wednesday because it's in "advanced" settlement talks with rival Broadcom Corp. over patents and royalties.

Judge rejects Broadcom request on Qualcomm patents

A federal court has dismissed a request by Broadcom Corp. to declare some of Qualcomm Inc.'s patents on wireless chips "exhausted and unenforceable."

Chip maker Qualcomm's 1Q profit plunges 56 percent

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. slashed its forecasts for revenue and operating income Wednesday as it reported its fiscal first-quarter income plunged 56 percent.

Qualcomm buys some Advanced Micro Devices assets

Qualcomm Inc. said Tuesday it purchased some handheld graphics and multimedia technology assets from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. for $65 million in cash.

Appeals wants narrowed ruling against Qualcomm

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lower court went too far in ordering that two Qualcomm Inc. patents be held to be unenforceable.

Qualcomm 4Q profit falls 22 pct, but revenue soars

Qualcomm Inc. reports a 22 percent decline in fiscal fourth-quarter profits even though a license agreement with rival wireless equipment maker Nokia Corp. helped boost revenue 45 percent.

Qualcomm: Nokia to pay $2.5B in royalties dispute

Wireless semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc. will get an upfront payment of $2.5 billion from Nokia Corp. in a settlement of a royalties dispute, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Appeals court rules against ban on Qualcomm chips

A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that the International Trade Commission's ban on imports of cell phones with chips made by Qualcomm Inc. overstepped the commission's authority.

Appeals court sides with Broadcom in patent case

Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Wednesday an appeals court upheld a May 2007 jury verdict that rival Qualcomm Inc. violated two of its patents. A third patent was found to be invalid.

Judge: Qualcomm violates Broadcom ruling

A federal judge ruled that Qualcomm Inc. violated a ban on wireless technology owned by rival chip maker Broadcom Corp., the companies said Thursday.

Qualcomm earns outlook falls short of expectations

Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued fourth-quarter and full-year earnings guidance Thursday that fell short of Wall Street targets, but the stock soared on a broad-ranging legal settlement.

Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute

The legal salvos between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. stopped months ago, part of what officials at the wireless industry heavyweights described as a truce in a long-running battle that spanned three continents.

Qualcomm's 2Q profit up 6 percent on strong sales

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. posted a 5.5 percent increase in its fiscal second-quarter profits Wednesday and — unlike some wireless industry heavyweights — gave a modestly upbeat assessment of its prospects for the next three months and the rest of the year.

Qualcomm Aims to Expand TV Service

Qualcomm Inc. said Thursday that it will use the radio spectrum it won in a recent government auction to double the capacity of its mobile television service on swaths of both coasts.

Qualcomm Loses Another Legal Fight

Mobile technology company Qualcomm absorbed another legal blow Monday when a British court ruled its claims of patent infringement against handset maker Nokia were invalid.

Qualcomm 1Q Profit Jumps 18 Percent

Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday posted an 18 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit on strong demand for cell phones that surf the Internet and download music and video.

Chip Maker Seeks New Injunction

Chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday it will try to stop rival Qualcomm Inc. from making, using, selling or developing cellular chips based on contested patents.

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Power-sipping cell phone displays come closer
Source: msnbc.com

A factory in Taiwan has started churning out a new type of power-sipping screen for cell phones, and they could show up in devices before the end of the year.

Mobile phone chargers go universal
Source: Australian News Network

GLOBAL handset makers and telecommunications providers, including Telstra, have banded together to develop a new universal charger for mobile phones by January 2012.

Industry Pitching Cellphones as a Teaching Tool - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

This is the real deal of our future in schools. Netbooks and laptops are nice, but cannot be supported on a large scale. Smartphones can...

"King of Spam" dethroned with 47-month sentence in Seattle court
Source: The Seattle Times

Robert Soloway abdicated his throne as king of Internet spammers Tuesday when he apologized in court for being a "nuisance" to tens of millions of computer users before being sentenced to 47 months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $708,000.

HandSolo(tm) - The Future Is At Hand
Source: handsolomobile.com

New product announcement from Qualcomm that came out the 1st of this month

Google Phone: Not Ready For Prime Time - Forbes.com
Source: Forbes

Parse the onslaught of announcements streaming out of the Mobile World Congress confab in Barcelona and it's clear that Google phones aren't ready for prime time.

E-Paper Displays Video
Source: EW.com

A novel electronic-paper display developed by Qualcomm can deliver high-quality video images, making it more versatile than other e-paper technologies. The display employs microscopic mechanical switches that turn pixels on and off at rates more than fast enough to display video.

U.N. Agency Gives Boost to WiMax
Source: The New York Times

PARIS, Oct. 19 — The United Nations telecommunications agency in Geneva gave the upstart technology called WiMax a vote of approval, providing a sizable victory for Intel and something of a defeat for competing technologies from Qualcomm and Ericsson.

Brilliant Displays -- [ information technology ]: Scientific American
Source: Sciam

Watch for the butterfly-wing color effects coming to your cell phone display (and others?) soon.

Eudora e-mail program reborn as open source
Source: Yahoo! News

Eudora, a pioneering e-mail program named after author Eudora Welty, is rising from a technical grave as an open source program after owner Qualcomm Inc quit selling the product in May.

Qualcomm cell phone ban to take effect
Source: The New York Times

Qualcomm is running out of options as a trade ban goes into effect that will prohibit the import into the U.S. of any 3G handset using Qualcomm chips that have been found to infringe on patents owned by rival Broadcom.

The Race for a Mobile TV Standard
Source: Business Week

Nokia and Qualcomm are competing to supply a new global norm. The winner could reap billions in new business. Consumers have been down this road before.

The Mobile TV Wars
Source: Business Week

Qualcomm's MediaFlo and MobiTV are set to duke it out in the battle for this emerging business.

Nokia Countersues Qualcomm
Source: lawbean.com

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has filed a patent infringement countersuit against Qualcomm Monday. Nokia filed the lawsuit in a Texas district court, and it is seeking damages and injunctive relief.

Qualcomm files for emergency stay on ITC ban
Source: Reuters

Qualcomm Inc. said on Monday it filed a request for an emergency stay of a U.S. International Trade Commission ban on the import of some phones containing Qualcomm chips.

American or Continental?

No, I am not talking about breakfast menu. It is about mobile strategy.

Eudora Joins Mozilla and Goes Open Source
Source: Bits of News

Qualcomm, the parent company of Eudora, which produces the email client Eudora, has decided to join forces with the Mozilla Foundation, the organisation reponsible for the open source Firefox web browser, and make their mail client open source as of next year.

EV-DO Expands In The Face of WiMAX
Source: T1 Rex's Business Telecom Explainer

These new upgrades to EV-DO cellular broadband service will keep it competitive in a 4G world.

Microsoft and Qualcomm enter smartphone agreement
Source: MobileTracker

Microsoft and Qualcomm have entered a deal to have Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system work more closely with Qualcomm latest wireless chipset.

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