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To: Craig Schilling who started this subject	7/12/2002 8:38:09 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) of 152472

Qualcomm 3G chipsets almost there 3G test handset manages one third full speed By Tony Dennis: Friday 12 July 2002, 07:14 A LIVE 3G demo in Paris, France organised by chip supplier, Qualcomm, in conjunction with infrastructure supplier Lucent, demonstrated how it is now possible to skip from one mobile phone cell to another while maintaining a continuous video/data connection. It didn't quite manage the full 384 Kbit/s throughput speed, though. The demo aimed to prove that 3G networks based on the pair's W-CDMA/UMTS technology are now a reality, especially after initial 'handover' problems had surfaced in early 3G networks in Japan and the Isle of Man when users tried to move at speed between different cells. Lucent has permission to operate a demonstration W-CDMA network in Southern Paris and has set up two seperate base stations. Journalists were then driven around the area in a sports utility vehicle equipped with an ordinary Dell laptop connected to a 3G test mobile handset built by Qualcomm. There were no noticeable pauses in the real-time TV image being streamed through the Qualcomm test handset. However, it was obvious that the true connection speed was around 140 Kbit/s - one third of the theoretical top speed for mobile 3G. When asked why the connection was still not to full spec, the twin manufacturers claimed that new firmware would cure the problem "within weeks." Qualcomm's motivation in building a test 3G handset has been to prove its 3G chipsets are fully functional. A 3G handset from LG (Lucky Goldstar) using Qualcomm's chipsets was also displayed. Although the test handsets are shipping "in their hundreds", Qualcomm is adamant it's "not going back into the handset business." Qualcomm, of course, sold its handset business to Kyocera some years ago. theinquirer.net

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