Revenue for global smartphone applications processors registered a staggering 108 percent year-over-year growth in Q1 2011, to reach $1.68 billion, according to, “Smartphone Apps Processor Market Share: Qualcomm Kicks TI Down to Second Place in …

Over the next 12-24 months, the mobile OS landscape will face major applications processor market share ranking changes, according to Strategy Analytics. The recent report, “Operating Systems Influence Chip Vendor’s Success,” from the Strategy Analytics …

MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) is drawing attention as one of core technologies for the next phase beyond 3G, including the LTE (Long Term Evolution) era. MIMO uses multiple antennae at both the transmitter and receiver to …

Qualcomm said it has signed with KT and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) for a project to help patients with chronic diseases as part of its Wireless Reach Initiative program.
The …

Pantech, the third-largest smartphone maker by unit sales, after Samsung and Apple in the local market, introduced a DDR2 memory smartphone, called Vega Xpress for KT and LG Uplus customers.
This utilization of DDR2 memory …

Qualcomm Korea has demonstrated its colorful display, the “mirasol” by Qualcomm MEMS Technologies at the “World IT Show,” the country’s largest information and technology fair, which kicked off on Tuesday at the COEX Convention Center …

Pantech, South Korea’s No. 3 handset maker, unveiled Wednesday its first Android-based smartphone, betting on Google’s mobile operating system to expand its share in the local high-end smartphone segment.
Pantech’s new model “Sirius,” which will be …

While Qualcomm is entering into fierce competition with its mobile platform, “Brew Mobile Platform (BMP), for feature phones as well as smartphones,” Korea’s mobile phone makers, Samsung, LG, and Pantech, plan to be the first …

On Wednesday Qualcomm paid 260 billion (US$230 million) won levied on them in an antitrust charge by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) of Korea.
Last July, the Korean antitrust watchdog fined Qualcomm for violating the …

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon debuts in Korea with LG Electronics’ the Maxx (LG-LG9400) through LG Telecom, the smallest mobile carrier in the local market.
Different from other countries the 1 Ghz mobile processor was adopted on a …