Game change is at hand

Mobile telephone carriers are worried about meeting demand for mobile broadband. Ericsson expects a 1,000-fold jump in global mobile data traffic between 2010 and 2020. Commentators think ISPs will need to make great investments in fourth-generation wireless broadband to keep up with demand. In Australia, Telstra has unveiled the construction of a new style of data network, called the Long Term Evolution network.

For several years, North America's largest printed-circuit-board maker grew rapidly through smart acquisitions and mergers. TTM Technologies' most recent came a year ago, when it doubled earnings overnight by consummating the marriage with Asian circuit-board giant Meadville. Now there are ...

Since 1994, Bluetooth has provided cell phone users with a simple way to send information to other devices wirelessly over short distances. Nevertheless, that wireless standard faces new competition in Wi-Fi Direct from the Wi-Fi Alliance. If it catches on Wi-Fi Direct could steal some, or like as not a lot, of ...

BroadSoft picked a telecom fight it could win — one reason its stock is rising. The thinly traded company's shares soared 16.3% Wednesday to an all-time high, one of two companies in the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) arena to see a big jump. Acme Packet, which reported strong revenues and raised its 2011 ...

The Swedish communications gear maker said Q4 EPS lifted 54% to 20 cents, missing by 6 cents. Sales rose 15% to $9.36 bil, above views. Ericsson forecast strong demand for mobile broadband gear afterwards a surge in Q4 sales of smart phones. Rival Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint ...

Sony Ericsson, the cell phone venture between LM Ericsson and Sony, posted a Q4 profit of $10.8 mil, vs. a $225 mil loss a year ago. Sales fell 13% to $2.1 bil. Ericsson slipped 0.8% and Sony fell 1.4%. ...