Negotiations between Intel and Infineon Technologies over the sale of Infineon's wireless chip business reportedly are advancing, even as another possible suitor-Samsung Electronics-appears to be trying to muscle in.

GTL's parent Global Holdings Corporation and corporate data service provider Tulip Telecom may together invest Rs.300 crore for a 13% stake each in Qualcomm's Indian BWA Venture.

Qualcomm is expected to set up a holding company in Asia which will own the remaining 74% in the new joint venture. Qualcomm may take in more partners subsequently as it is not really a service operator. Barclays Capital may have structured the deal which will be announced shortly.

Jul 29, 2010 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- Croatian state-owned company Odasiljaci i Veze (OiV) has withdrawn from plans to compete with incumbent Hrvatski Telekom in the area of fixed telephony and internet, reports local daily Poslovni Dnevnik. The company returned to the telecommunications regulator the Wimax permits it held for 15 counties. OiV was the first company that managed to obtain a Wimax licence in all counties. According to the chairman of OiV, Denis Nikola Kulisic, the company gave up due to problems with the development of these technologies as well as the high cost of equipment.

2010 marks a pivotal year for the telecommunications industry. Not only is it the beginning of a new decade, but it's als o the beginning of a new era in terms of connecting to others. It's a critical juncture of technology, it's an evolution: the 4th generation. Competing companies such as Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T all have a role in producing this 4th generation. They have sunk massive amounts of commerce in the development of their own version of the technology but as of now, none of these companies are capable of producing the finalized product. Though each company has set their approximate nation-wide release year, which is 2013, as well as their estimation as to how many consumers will be connected to their 4G networks, roughly 100 million, none of the companies have commercially marketed their product to the public. There hasn't been any newspaper articles or television commercials about the product, and trying to find information on their websites is pretty much a fool's errand. It seems that the 4th generation of connectivity isn't as ready as these companies portrait it to be.