Euros now being overwhelmed with QCOM's superior technology. QCOM just sampled the MSM5500 ASICS--- an advanced 1X-EV-DO design having a full feature set. Due to NOK's stubornness and incompetence it appears that most advances feature handsets will soon be manufactured in Korea and Japan and sold to European operators.
If 1X at 307 Kbps is 3G per ITU definition, what is 1X-EV-DO at 2.4 Mbps.
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces
On-Time Sampling of World's First Wireless
Megabit Data Rate Integrated Circuit and
System Software
MSM5500 Integrated Circuit and SURF Development
Platform Solution Support 3G CDMA2000 1x/1xEV-DO for
Data Rates of up to 2.4 Mbps
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2001-- QUALCOMM
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today
announced the on-time sample shipment of the QUALCOMM CDMA
Technologies (QCT) MSM5500(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM))
integrated circuit and system software, as well as the accompanying
Subscriber Unit Reference (SURF(TM)) development platform. The
MSM5500 solution supports the industry-adopted 1x Evolution Data Only
(1xEV-DO) standard, optimized for high-speed wireless data, which uses a
spectrally efficient 1.25 megahertz (MHz) channel to provide a peak data
rate of 2.4 megabits per second (Mbps) on the forward link.
``The on-time sampling of our MSM5500 integrated circuit, system
software and SURF platform underlines our commitment to provide our
customers solutions to meet their aggressive schedules,'' said Don Schrock,
president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ``Our 1xEV-DO solution
will give end users the same fast Internet browsing experience as a
high-speed wired connection. Wireless equipment manufacturers and carriers are already working on
products, applications and services that use the capabilities provided by our 1xEV-DO solution.''
1xEV-DO provides the lowest cost-per-bit of any announced high-speed wireless technology, including
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), while supporting CDMA2000
1x and offering backward compatibility with existing IS-95A/B systems. The MSM5500 solution provides
seamless inter-operability between CDMA2000 1x and 1xEV-DO systems.
QCT's MSM5500 solution supports the full feature set of the MSM5100(TM) solution, including features
of the Wireless Internet Launchpad(TM) suite of technologies such as gpsOne(TM) position location
capabilities with SnapTrack(TM) technology, Bluetooth(TM) connectivity capabilities, Subscriber Identity
Module (SIM), Removable Universal Identity Module (R-UIM) and multimedia capabilities such as
Qtunes(TM) audio decoders, including support for Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) Layer-3
(MP3), enabling high-quality music reproduction, and Compact Media Extension (CMX(TM)) software
for MIDI, text and graphics-based multimedia applications. The MSM5500 device also supports the
Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) applications platform. The MSM5500
solution is designed to seamlessly interface with QCT's MSP1000(TM) application processor for terminals
requiring MPEG-4 video decoding or a third-party operating system, or running other
processing-intensive applications, such as games. The MSM5500 solution offers receive diversity for the
1xEV-DO mode to increase data throughput, and is available in two packages:
1) 0.8 mm 208-ball Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA) production
package with operating voltage of 2.5-3.0V. In this package,
the receive diversity is multiplexed on the keypad and liquid
crystal display (LCD) pins, which makes it pin-compatible with
the MSM5100 device to enable rapid development.
2) 0.8 mm 320-pin FBGA package, in which the diversity pins are
dedicated. This package also includes support for Embedded
Trace Macrocell (ETM).
Production quantities of the MSM5500 solution are expected to be available in the third quarter of
calendar 2001.
QCT, a division of QUALCOMM Incorporated, is a developer and supplier of CDMA integrated circuits,
hardware and software solutions, and tools, with 150 million cumulative shipments of MSM chips
worldwide. QCT offers wireless position location technology by SnapTrack, a wholly owned subsidiary
of QUALCOMM. QCT supplies chipsets to the world's leading CDMA handset and infrastructure
manufacturers including: Acer Peripherals, Inc., ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER CO.,
LTD.; FUJITSU LIMITED; Hitachi, Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; KYOCERA
CORPORATION; LG Information and Communications, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Ltd.; SANYO
Electric Co., Ltd.; and Toshiba Corporation, among others.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative
digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital
technology. The Company's business areas include CDMA integrated circuits and system software;
technology licensing; the BREW applications platform; Eudora® e-mail software; digital cinema systems;
and satellite based systems including portions of the Globalstar(TM) system and wireless fleet
management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress(TM). QUALCOMM owns patents that are
essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed
for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA
patent portfolio to more than 100 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide.
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2001
FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully
design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable
basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed, change in economic conditions of the various
markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC
reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 24, 2000, and most recent Form
10-Q.
QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS and Eudora are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. MSM,
MSM5500, MSM5100, SURF, Wireless Internet Launchpad, gpsOne, SnapTrack, Qtunes, CMX,
MSP1000, OmniExpress and BREW are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a
trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
Contact:
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Anita Hix, CDMA Technologies Public Relations
858/658-5879, Fax: 858/651-7385
ahix@qualcomm.com
or
Patty Goodwin, Corporate Public Relations
858/651-4127, Fax: 858/651-5873
pgoodwin@qualcomm.com
or
Julie Cunningham, Investor Relations
858/658-4224, Fax: 858/651-9303
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