Fiercewireless.com 13 August
Intel purchased a unit of Fujitsu, called Fujitsu Semiconductor Wireless Products, a specialist in RF transceiver technology, in a bid to increase its LTE and overall mobile expertise, an Intel spokeswoman confirmed to FierceWireless.
Intel spokeswoman Cara Walker said that the deal closed last month. “The deal extends Intel’s investments in mobile cellular technology and adds an experienced RF team to our world-class RF development community,” she said. Terms of the deal, which was first reported by Forward Concepts analyst Will Strauss, were not disclosed.
According to Strauss, the acquisition of the Tempe, Ariz.-based Fujitsu unit “is a very important move for Intel as Fujitsu Wireless had developed probably the most advanced multimode LTE RF transceiver available in the open market.”