Report: China, India Big Drivers for Smartphone Growth

By: Sarah Murry Posted: Mar. 06, 2013

Earlier this week, market researcher IDC came out with a headline-grabbing statistic: Mobile phone sales scales will tip in favor of smartphones, which are expected to out-ship feature phones for the first time ever later this year.

At Broadcom, this moment is something we’ve predicted — and anticipated — for nearly a decade.

IDC forecasts vendors shipping some 919 million smartphones in 2013, just over the halfway mark of the global total mobile phone shipments for the year.

Perhaps …

Global Connectivity Converges at CES 2013

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Jan. 03, 2013

It’s a big world out there. Broadcom recognizes that the love of — and the demand for — the latest and greatest consumer electronics technologies knows no geographic bounds.

As Broadcom heads to Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics show this week — where the gadget pageantry is set to dominate the tech media in the U.S. — we’re looking beyond Western borders.

Broadcom’s products are found everywhere on the planet, from urban corporate data centers and the cloud, …

Broadcom Fuels the Affordable Smartphone Revolution

By: Emily Weisburg Posted: Jun. 28, 2012

Today’s smartphones are more like handheld computers with elegant touch screens: Internet-connected devices that allow consumers to do things like share photos and stream videos, get directions and play games.

But under the hood, complex pieces of hardware power a robust software system to make such a seamless experience possible. This hardware-software combination is the result of years of research, development, design and assembly work – and a lot of money, making the devices cost a small fortune when they …

With Broadcom Technology, India’s Digital TV Transition is About More than a Better Picture

By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Apr. 18, 2012

With more than 94 million analog cable TV households, India’s TV market is ready for a new era. Digital TV not only looks better but also brings cool new services like digital video recording and video-on-demand to users.

The Indian government has a mandate to stage analog shut-offs, similar to what the U.S. did a few years ago. Broadcom’s new cable set-top box technology makes this happen at a low price point, opening up new digital cable TV experiences in …

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