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To: slacker711 who wrote (40708)	9/13/1999 5:21:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Quote From Gilder> The new phones will also double as wireless modems for notebook computers. Beginning at 14.4 kilobits per second for compressed pages, these links will soon be raised into possible megabit rates by Qualcomm's (QCOM) heralded but heavyset pdQ (Sprint will buy some $400 million worth of Qualcomm phones). Sprint is the leader in this CDMA data race. In close pursuit is Airtouch, the recent Vodaphone (VOD) acquisition that promises to bring the benefits of CDMA data to Europe where until recently it was regarded as a serious breach of continental manners.

To: slacker711 who wrote (40708)	9/13/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Kayaker	Respond to of 152472

Slacker, I forget if this was already posted or not. Swiped from another board... Sep. 10, 1999 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Chip makers are gearing up to take on market leader Qualcomm Inc. here after concluding agreements to supply code-division multiple-access (CDMA) chip sets to domestic mobile-phone manufacturers. While acknowledging that San Diego-based Qualcomm remains far ahead in the race to supply CDMA chip sets to the Korean market, Korean manufacturers here said they have reason for optimism after completing supplier deals with CDMA chip set makers DSP Communications Inc. ( Cupertino, Calif.) and LSI Logic Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.). Industry sources said the U.S. companies are talking with mobile phone manufacturers here to supply their chip sets. The deals mean Korean phone manufacturers could save millions by switching suppliers from Qualcomm, which holds key patents on CDMA technology, to other U.S. chip set makers like DSP and LSI Logic. "The supply price is lower than Qualcomm by 20 to 30 percent, and domestic mobile phone manufacturers want to be out from under its shadow," an industry source said. Agreements signed DSP announced last year it would supply CDMA chip sets to SK Teletech. It recently completed agreements to supply its chip, which supports IS-95C and CDMA 2000 standards, to a handful of domestic phone makers. Arnon Kohavi, senior vice president for strategic relations, declined to identify the three new Korean customers, but confirmed the design wins and said DSP will begin delivering its CDMA chip sets as early as the end of this year. DSP Communications established a design center in San Diego last year to develop CDMA-based solutions for the IMT-2000 third-generation wireless phone market. LSI Logic has also developed cooperative relationships with Korean and Japanese mobile phone makers. As these companies seek qo make inroads in the Korean market, others are said to be preparing to enter the CDMA competition here. Samsung Electronics Co., Motorola Inc., Philips Electronics" VLSI Technology unit and others are also said by industry sources to be in various stages of CDMA chip-set development. Samsung Electronics said in April it had completed development of a CDMA chip set. -Exclusive to EE Times by Chom Dan Inc. (Seoul).