Jul 21
OEL, manufacture, organic electroluminescent, OrganicElectroluminescent, ToshibaMatsushitaDisplayTechnology, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, DisplayTechnology, display technology, panasonic, matsushita, oled, joint venture, display, JointVenture, toshiba
Filed under: Displays
The world already knew of Toshiba and Matsushita’s separate plans to barrel into the OLED realm, but Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology is all set to become the first in Japan to “mass produce organic electroluminescent, or OEL, display panels.” Reportedly, the two outfits will establish manufacturing lines in the Ishikawa Prefecture in fall of 2009, with plans to churn out one million 2.5-inch EL displays. Granted, the products will be rather minuscule in nature, with the idea being to fit them into cellphones, PMPs and other handheld gadgetry. Better hurry — Samsung’s pulling away over in South Korea.
[Via CNET]
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Source: Darren Murph
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Feb 19
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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
It seems that Sprint and Clearwire have been hooking up and breaking it off for nearly as long as Qualcomm and Nokia have been brawling, but just weeks after hearing that the two were on speaking terms once again, we’re now learning that a deal may be closer than ever. Reportedly, both firms are “close to announcing the formation of a WiMAX joint venture funded in part by a $2 billion injection from Intel,” and if the agreement is indeed landed within the next few days, it would “create a new company that combines Sprint’s licenses in the 2.5GHz wireless spectrum and Clearwire’s spectrum in the same and adjoining air waves.” On paper, the deal seems to make sense for all parties involved, but at this point, we aren’t about to assume that’s enough to actually see this thing through.
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Source: Darren Murph
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Aug 01
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Sprint sure has been backing out of and sashaying into quite a few deals of late, and the schizophrenic trend is continuing as it opts out of SpectrumCo, one of two joint ventures with cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable (parent company of AOL, which owns Engadget), Cox Communications, and Brighthouse (Advance/Newhouse). Reportedly, the firm is still remaining a part of the Sprint/Cable venture (now known as Pivot) as it focuses on “integrating wireline and wireless services offered by the cable partners with itself.” We’re led to believe that Sprint simply had different plans for investing its capital, but it apparently sees value in hanging in there with the whole Pivot endeavor. Interestingly, when TWC’s CEO was questioned over SpectrumCo’s possible involvement in the forthcoming wireless auction, he casually proclaimed that “it would be inappropriate for him to make any comment on it one way or the other,” but if you’ll recall, it most certainly picked up a few licenses the last go ’round.
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