QUALCOMM and Alcatel Enter into a CDMA Infrastructure Patent License Agreement
SAN DIEGO and PARIS -- July 16, 2002 -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), a leading global supplier of telecommunications infrastructure, today announced that they have signed a CDMA equipment patent license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty-bearing agreement, QUALCOMM has granted Alcatel a worldwide license under QUALCOMM’s CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell third-generation (3G) WCDMA (UMTS) and TD-SCDMA infrastructure equipment.
As part of the agreement, Alcatel has granted QUALCOMM a royalty-free, worldwide license under Alcatel’s patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell semiconductor components for incorporation into wireless CDMA and multimode CDMA equipment.
"QUALCOMM is pleased to license Alcatel, a premier worldwide equipment manufacturer to develop, manufacture and sell WCDMA and TD-SCDMA wireless infrastructure products using QUALCOMM’s patents," said Steve Altman, president of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing. "This agreement further validates the strength of QUALCOMM’s patent portfolio and applicability to WCDMA, also known as UMTS, and TD-SCDMA."
"This license strengthens Alcatel’s leadership position as an enabler of mobile data and 3G CDMA wireless services," said Marc Rouanne, president of Alcatel’s Mobile Networks activities. "We are now, more than ever, well positioned to provide mobile operators with field-proven 3G solutions with everything in place, from UTRAN, Core network, ATM switches to Open service Platform and Software solutions."
Alcatel’s UMTS radio infrastructure (UTRAN) offering is developed and produced by Evolium SAS, the joint venture between Alcatel and Fujitsu. This joint venture leverages Alcatel’s expertise in GSM, GPRS and EDGE as well as in ATM and IP technologies, and combines it with the advanced experience of Fujitsu as supplier of NTT DoCoMo, which has a commercial UMTS network in service since October 2001.
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