Mika,
re: protocol stack anyone?
Are you familiar with TTPCom?
TTPCom supplies fully featured, portable protocol stacks for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G, a protocol stack and baseband for Bluetooth, and a range of physical layer cores which they license to chipset vendors. These cover baseband and RF for GSM/GPRS, EDGE and 3G. The heart of their business is the supply of intellectual property (IP) for digital wireless terminals.
TTPCom customers include Hitatchi, Alcatel, and STM
Greg Matthews of TTPCom is speaking at The Howard Building, Downing Street, Cambridge on 10 October 2001. Subject of his seminar is "Evolution Vs Revolution - the contest between EDGE and 3G"
Maybe you can tell one of your buddies to cover this event.
>> TTPCom Signs Two Major Licences for Dual Mode 3G/GSM Technology
25 September 2001
TTPCom Ltd
press release
TTPCom Ltd announces that it has licensed its combined 3G and GSM technology to two major customers in Japan. The contracts allow for the joint development of dual-mode 3G/GSM radio and baseband chipsets and therefore extends TTPCom’s core expertise into the next generation of mobile terminals.
Tony Milbourn, Managing Director of TTPCom stated, "These agreements are tremendously important to TTPCom - we are seeing an increasing number of Asian customers recognising the benefits of working with TTPCom and choosing our technology as the foundation for their new dual-mode products for Europe". He added "We have started to establish an industry standard with our stable and proven GSM/GPRS software. With these new agreements we are building on this strong position to develop a leading business in 3G".
The 3G technology that will be deployed by most of the world’s cellular operators will be firmly based on today’s GSM/GPRS networks. TTPCom has a long and successful record of developing GSM technology and in January of this year was the first independent developer to launch a working GPRS platform. This experience is essential in developing small, reliable and competitive dual-mode terminals, which are capable of operating on both GSM/GPRS and UMTS networks, and therefore providing continuous geographic coverage.
TTPCom has invested heavily in developing 3G technology and in addition to the physical layer and protocol stack developments has a large team working on 3G mobile applications - an area which will revolutionise the user experience of mobile terminals through gaming, m-commerce and video streaming. TTPCom works with many of the standards organisations and chairs the 3GPP MExE (Mobile Execution Environment) sub-working group, which oversees the development of technology for the downloading of applications into mobile devices.
Tony Milbourn added, "With increasing competition in the global handset market, manufacturers are having to work harder to attract and retain their customers. Mobile applications are becoming a key differentiating factor and through our work in this area we give our customers the flexibility to develop innovative, market leading products". <<
- Eric - |
