communications chip

Reports continue to flood in from U.S. iPhone 3G users about problems with 3G connections and speeds. The problems tend to come from large metropolitan areas, but one informal survey points to the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

The problem may be faulty firmware in a communications chip supplied by Munich-based Infineon. A report released earlier this week by Nomura Securities analyst Richard Windsor pointed to the firmware.

Patch May Be Imminent

Reports continue to flood in from U.S. iPhone 3G users about problems with 3G connections and speeds. The problems tend to come from large metropolitan areas, but one informal survey points to the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

"I'd estimate that I see the 3G icon on the phone less than one-third of the time in so-called 3G areas that I frequent in the Bay Area and Austin (Texas)," reported a resident of Santa Clara, Calif.

Reports continue to flood in from U.S. iPhone 3G users about problems with 3G connections and speeds. The problems tend to come from large metropolitan areas, but one informal survey points to the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

The problem, BusinessWeek reported Thursday, may be faulty firmware in a communications chip supplied by Munich-based Infineon. BusinessWeek said its confidential sources backed a report released earlier this week by Nomura Securities analyst Richard Windsor that pointed to the firmware.

Patch May Be Imminent