With the consumer space transitioning to broadband Internet connections very slowly, there is still room for innovation in the market for dial-up modems. Agere Systems Inc. today announced two ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Agere Systems Inc. today said it has developed two next-generation chip sets for “soft” modem functions in desktop personal computers and notebook PCs that could dramatically reduce ...

Wi-Fi chipmaker Agere Systems has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival Intersil, the company said Friday. The lawsuit alleges that Intersil has been using Agere's patented wireless ...

the microsoft driver for the agere softmodem is very flaky. If this is an OEM box, and I would assume that it is (HP or Compaq?), use the driver from the OEMs website, it's actually newer anyway.

Agere Systems Inc. and rival communications chip maker Broadcom Corp. traded patent-infringement lawsuits accusing each other of stealing technology without paying for it. Agere says Broadcom is ...