Bulgaria goes CDMA 1X on 450 MHZ band. It appears that with Romania 1X up and operating, Bulgaria decided to go 1X, Russia decided to reevaluate 1X Thhe former Eastern block has split off from the Euro Cabal.The Chech Republic earlier evaliated CDMA and got cold feet for political reasons. I see this GSM1X being
commercialized to give Chana and India an opportunity to avoid the GPRS disaster by switching GSM to the new
GSM1X technology that QCOM announces in Cannes.
Bulgaria
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GSM 1X Shines in Cannes
Feb 21, 2002 (Internet.com via COMTEX) -- The international film festival may
be months away, but QUALCOMM is shining like a star in Cannes.
The San Diego-based wireless technology maker had several announcements at this
week's 3GSM World Congress pertaining to its Global System for Mobile (GSM) and
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technologies as well as its BREW (Binary
Runtime Environment for Wireless) platform.
For starters, QUALCOMM is demonstrating a convergence solution for GSM1x, a
cost-effective technology evolution for GSM operators. GSM1x enables convergence
of a GSM/GPRS core service network with CDMA2000 radio access. With it the
company says operators can mix it into their existing GSM/GPRS core network
equipment while enhancing the data capabilities and spectral efficiency of their
radio access with commercially available CDMA2000 1x infrastructure.
Using existing spectrum, GSM1x offers better voice and data capacity, supporting
peak data speeds of up to 307 kbps in a 1.25 MHz channel. Common data throughput
will be 70-90 kbps, 2-3 times the throughput of standard dial-up modems. This
solution introduces a GSM1x Mobile Switching Node (MSN) to interface an existing
and unmodified GSM core network with an unmodified CDMA2000 radio access
network.
The GSM1x terminals utilize a standard GSM Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and
are subject to standard GSM authentication. But as a result, QUALCOMM says
operators will be able to offer global roaming and service transparency between
CDMA2000 1x and GSM networks without compromising their current infrastructure.
"Combining the feature-rich services of the GSM core network with the spectral
efficiency of a CDMA2000 radio network creates a powerful, cost-effective
solution," says QUALCOMM chairman and CEO Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs. "With the GSM1x
solution, GSM operators can offer customers advanced voice and data capabilities
while maintaining the key features and services already available on their GSM
networks."
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT), the company's chipset and system software
group showed off its live-call UMTS and GSM demonstrations using the company's
chipset and system software-supported test mobiles. QCT also provided a
technology demonstration of a Java J2ME solution executing on a Mobile Station
Modem (MSM) baseband device, and profiled its high-accuracy positioning
capability, based on its proven wireless Assisted GPS solution from SnapTrack,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM.
The MSM5200 single-mode baseband chipset and system software, used for the UMTS
test mobiles, began sampling to device manufacturers in September 2001.
Interoperability testing and verification using the UMTS test mobiles is now
underway with a number of infrastructure manufacturers.
QUALCOMM with the new chipsets and advances, the company says it is accelerating
acceptance of 3G CDMA solutions in South Korea, North America and Latin America,
which now account for over five million 3G CDMA users.
"Led by the launch of 3G over a year ago in South Korea, the wireless consumer's
usage and demands have changed dramatically," says Dr. Jacobs. "The Korean
experience demonstrates that the increased capabilities of 3G CDMA networks,
when joined with the enhanced capabilities of QUALCOMM's Wireless Internet
Launchpad and BREW initiatives, can drive a fundamentally different consumer
experience and operator business model. Color screens, synthesized sounds, MP3,
cameras, USB connectivity and MPEG-4, are now becoming standard features. The
recent 3G CDMA launches by U.S. and Canadian operators will further accelerate
the pace of product and application development. 3G networks have now moved
beyond the theoretical and into the realm of the practical. We look forward to
QUALCOMM UMTS solutions enabling similar color, GPS-enabled, video on demand,
MP3, and BREW capable UMTS phones in the near future."
The company also inked a development deal with Comverse, a unit of Comverse
Technology, Inc. and content agreements with Walt Disney Internet Group and San
Francisco-based NuvoStudios. All three companies will be using QUALCOMM's BREW
technology to enhance their own offerings. Comverse Zeev Bregman, Chief
Executive Officer of. "Our joint efforts and resulting synergy will lead to the
introduction of a vast array of attractive multimodal solutions for BREW
applications. As a result, end users will enjoy a more natural user experience
because they will be able to choose their preferred mode of interaction."
QUALCOMM also announced that it has won summary judgment in its patent
infringement litigation with GTE Wireless, Inc. U.S. District Court for the
Southern District Court of California, Judge Rudi M. Brewster ruled that
QUALCOMM's products do not infringe any of the claims at issue of United States
Patent No. 4,916,728.
By Michael Singer
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