Qualcomm, Matsushita To
Collaborate On CDMA Modules
February 08, 1999: 8:47 p.m. ET
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A. (NB) -- By Martyn
Williams, Newsbytes. Qualcomm Inc. [NASDAQ:QCOM] and
Matsushita Electronic Components Co. Ltd., a unit of Japan's
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. [TOKYO:6752], have
signed an agreement to develop and manufacture radio
modules for CDMA (code division multiple access) based
cellular systems.
The modules include the complete radio communications
circuitry needed for CDMA handsets and are designed to
interface with Qualcomm's MSM3000 CDMA cellular chip.
In a statement, the company said the agreement covers
more than just telephone handsets. "Our alliance with
Matsushita Electronics Components will be aimed at enabling
a broader array of applications to utilize CDMA technology,"
said Don Schrock, president of Qualcomm CDMA
Technologies.
Such systems could include smartphones, PDAs, personal
computers, PC cards, telemetry and monitoring equipment,
and a variety of data transmission equipment, said Qualcomm.
"By leveraging Matsushita's radio frequency (RF)
technologies in building high quality RF modules for the
consumer industry into CDMA applications, customers can
quickly get a new product ready for production," added
Keisuke Utsunomiya, general manager, HFPD, Matsushita
Electronics Components.
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