QUALCOMM

Chinese low-end smartphone maker Xiaomi has received $90 million in B-round venture capital funding from investors such as IDG Capital, Temasek Holdings and Qualcomm Inc, the 21st Century Business Herald reported on Wednesday.

After a year in which global macro machinations drove stock correlations to record highs, the Canaccord Genuity technology team is hopeful that 2012 will be a year in which favorable returns are the reward for superior fundamental analysis.

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) shares are expected to touch $70 in 2012 as it is poised to benefit from the strong demand for smartphones and tablets, and from increased spending on wireless infrastructure.

Taiwan's HTC negatively pre-announced fourth-quarter revenue Wednesday, citing the economic downturn and market competition.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will seek an administrative hearing on AT&T Inc's proposed $39 billion deal to acquire Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, the agency said on Tuesday.

Qualcomm has won a first deal for its new Mirasol display technology by supplying the South Korean Kyobo Book Center's new e-reader.

Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday affirmed its long-term growth target of at least 10 percent for annual revenue and earnings per share, citing strong demand for smartphones and other wireless devices.

Qualcomm shares jumped as much as 9.2 percent Thursday, a day after the designer of mobile-phone chips estimated next year’s revenue could reach as high as $19 billion.

UBS has updated its Tech 10 portfolio by adding semi-packaging/assembly equipment provider ASM Technologies as a least preferred stock.

Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc forecast double-digit sales growth this fiscal year, banking on continued strong demand for smartphones and mobile devices as its quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates.

Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc forecast double-digit sales growth this fiscal year as its quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates due to strong demand for its cellphone chips.

ST-Ericsson won a deal to supply chipsets for future Nokia phones based on Windows software, breaking Qualcomm's monopoly over Microsoft's mobile platform.

After having been halted by the iPhone 4S reality for some time, the rumor mills have back to the imaginary iPhone 5. Many people believe Apple will launch iPhone 5 in 2012.

Broadcom Corp warned revenue could fall as much as 13 percent this quarter due to broad- based weakness in demand, even in wireless, where it supplies chips for Apple Inc products such as the iPhone.

HP TouchPad will once again hit the shelves at $99 sometime soon, according to an announcement on The Next Bench, a Hewlett-Packard blog.

Sprint Nextel has announced the HTC EVO Design 4G and it will hit retail stores on October 23 for $99.99, with a new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. The phone is smaller and less powerful than last year's HTC EVO 4G, though it has the same price.

By unveiling the iPhone 4S, Apple disappointed many customers and observers who were expecting a completely redesigned device. With the impending launch of Samsung's Nexus Prime, Apple fans are asking: When can the iPhone 5 really be expected?

Apple Inc's fifth-generation iPhone uses a wireless chipset from Qualcomm Inc as well as silicon from smaller chipmakers, according to repair and parts specialist iFixit, which cracked the device open on Thursday.

Following the introduction of the iPhone 4S by Apple many consumers were who were mostly disappointed were asking the question of when the iPhone 5 can be really expected.

Following the release of Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet on Sept. 28, Jefferies believes Amazon will launch 10-inch device before the end of the year.

Subsequent to the introduction of the iPhone 4S by Apple, a number of observers have indicated that the iPhone 5 may not be launched until the 4G LTE technology is available for compact smartphones.