Qualcomm acquires mobile WiMAX assets of TeleCIS
TeleCIS Wireless, a Campbell, Calif. developer of WiMAX fixed and portable wireless chips, said it has sold its 16e WiMAX mobile system-on-a-chip technology to Qualcomm for an undisclosed amount.
See announcement here.
TeleCIS said it will focus on its flagship product, the TCW 1620 fixed/portable WiMAX 16d SoC.
More discussion here.
Beceem running away with mobile WiMax? Where’s Intel?
Beceem is a Santa Clara start-up that provides chips for mobile WiMax technology. WiMax has become all the rage because it allows broadband access for miles of territory.
WiMax ranges much as 10 miles, while the WiFi we know today reaches only a few hundred feet. Intel wants to use WiMax to allow someone to get wireless access on a laptop anywhere.
The WiMax technology is only now being deployed, so there is still a lot of… Continue Reading
Demand Media raises $100M for Web site land grab
Demand Media, the company pursuing the audacious strategy of buying up a bunch of generic Web sites that have no staff generating real content of their own — to throw advertising on them — has raised another $100 million.
In May, we reported it raised its first $120 million. Lately, though, the company appears to be buying content as well, including acquring Hillclimb Media, a producer of niche web sites.
The chief executive is Richard Rosenblatt, the… Continue Reading
Roundup: MobiTV, Loopt, Xuqa, Google embraces TurnHere
The latest tech news in Silicon Valley:
The mobile TV revolution continues, and MobiTV is hot — MobiTV, of Emeryville is one of the start-ups on the forefront. It offers TV programming from networks and cable providers. It started out serving mobile phones. Now it has expanded, first to WiFi, and now with AT&T to anyplace with broadband.
Venture investors like Oak are paying a good price to play. MobiTV raised $70 million in a July third round,… Continue Reading