GigaomBroadcom to buy LTE chip biz for $164M
Broadcom(s bcom) is aggressively moving forward with radios to connect all of the things, saying on Wednesday that it will buy a carrier-validated LTE system on a chip from an affiliate… Read more »
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Broadcom(s bcom) is aggressively moving forward with radios to connect all of the things, saying on Wednesday that it will buy a carrier-validated LTE system on a chip from an affiliate… Read more »
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