At 1/7/2011 02:26 PM, TomD wrote: >Yes, it could. But then again maybe it wont. Why rock the boat by changing >price or supply when a product is dominating the industry as-is? >We'll see.
There is a risk. Acquirers drop products all the time, even if they're selling. Qualcomm's primary product is CMRS chips, sold through equipmenet makers to the licensed carriers. They own most of CDMA patents and a good enough piece of LTE to get a piece of all of the action. WISPs are potential competitors. So they might just want to adapt the Atheros designs to add the built-in hotspot (low power WLAN) capability to their cell phone chipsets, and screw the good stuff that WISPs use. >Tom DeReggi >RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Scrivner" <[email protected]> >To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:24 PM >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Qualcomm agreed to acquire Atheros Communications for >$3.1 billion in cash > > > > Isn't every Ubnt radio sold powered by Atheros chips? I wonder if this > > could mean a future issue for our supply of low cost radios? > > Scriv > > -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
