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Qualcomm expands portfolio with $3bn Atheros purchase

Atheros has expertise in wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, Ethernet, power saving and peer to peer connectivity
January 5, 2011 Written by James Middleton

US chip giant Qualcomm on Wednesday agreed to snap up Atheros Communications, a wired and wireless networking technology vendor, for a total of $3.1bn in cash.

Tags; Atheros, Bluetooth, GPS, M&A, Qualcomm, Wifi, Handsets & Devices, Networks, News & Analysis

Video over power lines closer to reality; wifi takes on Bluetooth

Video over power lines closer to reality
October 15, 2009 Written by James Middleton

The HomeGrid Forum, a newly established trade group tasked with driving the ITU’s home networking specification, said this week that the standard is now stable enough to be adopted by silicon manufacturers.

Tags; Bluetooth, home networking, HomeGrid, power lines, Wifi, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Broadband, Europe, Middle East, Networks, News & Analysis