Broadcom’s Android Smartphone Designs: Driving 3G Momentum in India, China

By: Michael Civiello Posted: Apr. 17, 2013

In countries like China and India, where consumers have voracious appetites for smartphones, device makers have started to rethink how they do business.

Today, it takes only a couple of months and a small engineering team — instead of the old standard of a year — to push a new device into the market. And those devices are not only more affordable, but they’re equipped with the unique features that specific geographies require.

It’s Broadcom technology — including its turnkey …

Connectivity from Here to the Galaxy (S4)

By: Susan Vander May Posted: Apr. 01, 2013

The launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone has been one of the most anticipated releases of a consumer technology device ever – right up there with Google Glass, the HTC One, Sony’s PlayStation 4 and just about every version of the iPhone. As eager as some consumers were to get their hands on the device, there were also plenty of tech enthusiasts who were just as eager to peek under-the-hood and get a look at the technologies that make …

MWC Demos: RCR Wireless Shows Broadcom’s Mobile Tech in Action [VIDEO]

By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Mar. 06, 2013

Last week, our friends at RCR Wireless stopped in the Broadcom’s booth at Mobile World Congress to see our latest tech innovations. The result was a series of compelling video interviews with Broadcom engineers that look at the top trends for mobile technology on display at the show, including GPS, 4G LTE networks and more.

First up, Broadcom Senior Technical Director of GPS Frank Van Diggelen explains what geofencing tech is all about and why Broadcom’s technology will soon be …

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 …

That’s a Wrap! Broadcom Makes Headlines at Mobile World Congress

By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Feb. 28, 2013

Now that the whirlwind energy of Mobile World Congress is starting to wind down, we’re reflecting on what we’ve learned at the show.

Broadcom made a slew of big announcements and showed off a lot of buzz-generating demos, including our 4G LTE Advanced modem and the key features that make it attractive to wireless carriers and consumers alike; new advancements in geofencing technology built into our GPS chips; the growing momentum of 5G WiFi with a design win in an …

HTC One®, With 5G WiFi, “Best in Show” at Mobile World Congress

By: Natalie Martinez Posted: Feb. 27, 2013

This week’s Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona showcases the latest and greatest in all kinds of mobile gadgets. Among the sleek new smartphones and tablets, the HTC One® was a standout: it nabbed “best in show” awards from a handful of publications and trade groups.

GSMA, the trade organization that puts on the annual Mobile World Congress, picked the One as the “Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet” in its 18th annual Global Mobile Awards. HTC was …

Seen at the MWC Broadcom Booth: Preserving Battery Life for 4G LTE

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 26, 2013

BARCELONA — When it comes to mobile devices, two problems are universal, regardless of device maker, operating system or location. The first is the data connection – the transmission signal that allows users to stream music, upload photos and surf the Web. The second is the drain on the device battery that comes with performing those same tasks.

Engineers at companies like Broadcom are constantly working to solve them both. Sometimes, however, the innovative breakthroughs on data connection speeds force …

From Mobile World Congress: 5G WiFi Ecosystem Grows with Arrival of HTC One® Smartphone

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 25, 2013

With some technologies, adoption is less a matter of “if” and more about “when.”

Just a little over a year ago – at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show – Broadcom introduced the first family of chips utilizing the next generation of Wi-Fi, 802.11ac. We called it 5G WiFi® and talked about how the industry might see a day when it becomes the wireless standard for streaming music, video or other forms of content.

We’re getting much closer to …

From Mobile World Congress: Small Cells Go Big at Home and Outside

By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Feb. 25, 2013

As a growing number of people rely on their mobile data connections to upload photos, stream music or play games on their smartphones or tablets, even the smallest slowdown creates frustration that can sting.

This network congestion problem will only increase as more people power up new data-hungry 3G and 4G mobile devices, which bogs down not only the pipe between a device and a base station but also plagues the data transfer between the base stations and the rest …

Connect with Broadcom in the Mobile World Capital: Looking at Tech from the Inside-Out

By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Feb. 18, 2013

It used to be that the sleekest and prettiest gadget would get all of the attention at technology trade shows — but now, as Mom always said, it’s what’s on the inside that counts.

At last month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the “C” in “CES” might as well have been for Component, instead of Consumer. Given the attention that chip companies like Broadcom received from bloggers, tweeters and the like, it’s clear that people are looking anew at …

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