| Japan's Navitime tops Navteq APAC LBS Challenge
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2009-08-24 |
| Navteq has named Navitime the grand prize winner of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) edition of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge. |
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| Touchscreen controller market to hit $2.3B by 2014
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2009-08-07 |
| As touchscreen functionality becomes more important to the consumer experience, sales of touchscreen device components will grow exponentially over the next five years. |
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| Survey finds 121% rise in HSPA user devices
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2009-07-22 |
| A new survey published by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) found that the number of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) user devices launched in the market has risen 121 percent over the past 12 months. |
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| Chartered expands 65nm foundry portfolio
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2009-07-14 |
| Expanding its foundry portfolio, Sinsgapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd has rolled out separate low-power and RF processes, based on its 65nm technology. |
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| Strong growth seen in Asia handset navigation
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2009-07-08 |
| ABI Research forecasts that the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn navigation users will increase to 26 million by the end of 2010, with Asia Pacific expected to have the strongest growth. |
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| Merger to bring new era of connectivity, location
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2009-07-03 |
| CSR plc and SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. have completed the merger between SiRF and a wholly owned subsidiary of CSR, creating a pure play provider of connectivity and location platforms. |
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| Road user charging piloted in Eindhoven
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2009-07-01 |
| To address the worsening traffic congestion in Eindhoven, Netherlands, NXP and IBM have jointly developed a system whereby users are charged for road use based on road type, time of day and environmental factors. |
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| China's Q1 09 domestic handset shipment up 9%
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2009-06-29 |
| Research firm iSuppli Corp. reported that China's domestic mobile-handset shipments in Q1 09 grew by 9 percent from the Q4 08 figure of 53 million units, paving the way for growth for the entire year. |
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| IBM injects $100M on mobile comms research
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2009-06-25 |
| IBM Corp. is investing $100 million in mobile research over the next five years in an effort to recreate mobile services for businesses and consumers. |
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| Palmchip plans to break innovation barrier
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2009-06-24 |
| After three years of non-compete, Palmchip Corp. has come out into the open with announcements that aim to stir design activity and to "stimulate the economy." |
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| Analysis: SiRF's ticket to survival
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2009-06-17 |
| SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. is not in a good place. The GPS chip supplier faces a declining market for PNDs; increasingly tougher competition for design-wins in mobile handsets; and on-going legal entanglements with Global Locate |
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| ST-Ericsson, Samsung boost China mobile broadband
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2009-06-15 |
| ST-Ericsson and its China subsidiary T3G have strengthened their strategic partnership with Samsung Mobile by providing the first TD-HSDPA and Edge platform for Samsung's high-end devices. |
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| u-blox gets China handsets GPS-enabled
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2009-06-11 |
| China mobile phone solutions provider Gionee Communications has selected u-blox's GPS receiver chip for their new series of GPS-enabled feature phones |
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| Analysts, execs, editors see double-digit drop in '09
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2009-06-09 |
| The Semiconductor Industry Association and World Semiconductor Trade Statistics association both issued revised forecasts calling for 2009 chip revenue to drop more than 21 percent. |
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| MEMS find place GPS, mobile apps
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2009-06-04 |
| MEMS sensors are increasingly being integrated into phones, MP3 players, GPS units, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), portable medical scanners and all sorts of greentech products |
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