Many smaller hardware suppliers showcase hardware -- including quite a few wireless modems for PCs or notebooks.
But the chips made their way into so many products--Cisco routers, Seagate disk drives, Netgear wireless modems--only because of Dai's relentless salesmanship.
"Now even more Chicagoans can experience 4G LTE on their smartphones, tablets and wireless modems, " said Kimberly Green-Kerr, regional vice president-Business Sales, Sprint.
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That ability has given Qualcomm an edge in wireless modems.
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Since 4G supports high-speed broadband data services, the first devices we can expect to see are USB wireless modems from companies such as Novatel, Sierra Wireless, Huawei, and others.
He thinks further downside is limited with news flow increasing on carrier roll out of LTE networks, which theoretically should trigger a boost in sales of 4G wireless modems.
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Sure enough, the software giant came through this week with an announcement of a joint venture with Socket Communications to offer wireless modems for its Palm wannabe Windows CE, sometime this fall.
With the imminent arrival of tablet computers like the iPad, which come with wireless modems, the appetite for downloadable data could hit a gigabyte a month (see the lead story in this week's Business section).
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But the chips made their way into so many products-- Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) routers, Seagate disk drives, Netgear (nasdaq: NTGR - news - people ) wireless modems--only because of Dai's relentless salesmanship.
The company, which makes wireless PC card modems, reported disappointing earnings for the fourth quarter of 2005.
The BUG platform is a collection of discrete hardware modules, Verizon Wireless network-ready 3G modems, and associated software that can be easily combined and re-combined to create new, custom wireless devices.
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Devices that use Verizon Wireless approved Bug Labs' modules and that connect to the Verizon Wireless network via pre-approved Verizon Wireless Broadband Access cards or removable modems do not need to be submitted for any testing by Verizon Wireless before they may be activated on the Verizon Wireless network.
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These guys are fabricated using the 28nm technology node, and are backwards compatible with previous generations of LTE and other wireless broadband standards, giving consumers using USB modems powered by the MDM9625 or MDM9225 chipsets an uninterrupted broadband data connection on nearly any network around the world.
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