LTE Dominance Raises Qualcomm's Baseband Share to Two Thirds in Q3 2013:

The global cellular baseband processor market grew 10.3 percent year-over-year to reach $4.9 billion in Q3 2013, according to Strategy Analytics.Strategy analystics estimates that Qualcomm, MediaTek, Intel, Spreadtrum, and Broadcom captured the top-five revenue shares spots in the cellular baseband processor market in Q3 2013. Qualcomm maintained its dominance with 66 percent revenues share, followed by MediaTek with 12 percent revenue share and Intel with 7 percent revenue share.

According to Sravan Kundojjala, Senior Analyst, "Qualcomm's baseband revenue share increased to 66 percent in Q3 2013, thanks to its stranglehold on the LTE baseband market. Over the last four years,Qualcomm spent $14 billion on R&D, which helped the company to gain over 95 percent revenue share in the LTE baseband segment. While Qualcomm's LTE baseband technology and market share leadership are unquestioned, we believe that certain competitors' products are production-ready and have the potential to take share from Qualcomm in 2014, especially in the mid-to-low tier."

According to Stuart Robinson, Director of the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies service, "Strategy Analytics believes that Broadcom has the potential to emerge as a key LTE alternative to Qualcomm in 2014. Broadcom is still a minor player in the baseband market and cannot afford any missteps as the year 2014 is shaping up to be an important one for the company. Strategy Analytics believes that only a successful LTE execution in 2014 will secure the long-term outlook for Broadcom's Mobile & Wireless Business division."

Mozilla and Partners Launch Mobile Open Web Device Compliance Review Board:

A cluster of tech firms have formed a group that will  promote the success of the open Web device ecosystem by encouraging API compliance as well as ensuring competitive performance.

The Open Web Device Compliance Review Board (CRB) will also be the foundation for Mozilla's Firefox OS branding requirements.

"Users want a wide selection of devices and great apps. Operators, device OEMs and vendors want to be able to develop and test quickly and independently, in order to get new products to market. The CRB will enable partners to do so efficiently, reliably and confidently," said Andreas Gal, vice president of mobile at Mozilla and president of the CRB. "This is the next step in building the ecosystem and will make it easier for partners to get a wide selection of high-quality solutions into consumers' hands quickly and efficiently."

The members of the CRB consist of a mix of partners covering geographically diverse markets, all with an interest in the success of an open mobile system. Participants in the CRB at launch are Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, LG, Mozilla, Qualcomm, Sony Mobile, Spreadtrum, TCL, Telefónica, Telenor and ZTE.

CRB certification testing will be conducted by external labs authorized by the CRB, with each test expected to be completed within approximately three days of submission.