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To: Ruffian who wrote (42432)	9/24/1999 9:53:00 AM
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NEC To Unveil W-CDMA Bluetooth-Enabled Mobile Videophone LONDON, ENGLAND, 1999 SEP 24 (NB) -- By Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes. NEC's [NASDAQ:NIPNY] European division will shortly the wraps off a Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) mobile phone called IMT-2000, which will be suitable for the CDMA-intensive North American marketplace. The phone is currently in prototype form, but is billed as a mobile phone handset/viewer combination with a screen, video camera and microphone. NEC Europe says that the phone is best suitable for use on the upcoming third generation (3G) wireless networks, which are expected to arrive in the US and other parts of the world within two years. The phone is optimized for use on 3G network standards, operating at 384,000 bits per second (bps) on mobile and 2 megabits per second (Mbps) on fixed-line networks. Bandwidth allocation on the handset is dynamic, meaning that users can look forward to high levels of voice clarity, where the bandwidth is available. Subject to the network supporting the service, users can look forward to mobile multimedia applications such as video, large-capacity data and Internet access. The prototype W-CDMA based mobile phone handset is both compact and lightweight (120cc, 130 grams) and comes in a foldable design. The viewer (240 grams, 260cc) consists of a small CCD (Charged Couple Device) camera, microphone and two-inch color TFT-LCD screen. The viewer operates as a handheld or as a hands-free system. On a technical level, the unit employs the latest video and audio compression technology (MPEG-4 Visual, H.263 Ver.2, MPEG-4 Audio/CELP (8 kHz/16 kHz Sampling) and G723.1 to enable the phone to support high quality audio and video, as well as Internet access capabilities and large capacity video streaming. To enable wireless connection between the phone handset and the viewer screen, NEC is using Bluetooth technology, the latest standard for short-distance radio communications. As reported previously, Bluetooth works by connecting information terminals using omni-directional radio signals. NEC says that the ability to separate the viewer from the mobile phone makes the phone highly portable and therefore convenient for use on the move. All of this means that the phone can remain in a user's pocket while the screen and camera are in operation. NEC plans to officially launch and demonstrate the prototype phone at the Telecom 99 show in Geneva, Switzerland, when it opens on October 10, 1999. For the technically-minded, the new phone operates at standard CDMA frequencies for the voice channel, operating at 0.3 watts maximum radiated power. The video side of the unit, meanwhile, uses a minimum bandwidth of 64,000 bps across W-CDMA channels, NEC's Web site is at nec.com . Reported by Newsbytes.com, newsbytes.com . 07:34 CST (19990924/Press Contact: Press Office, NEC Europe +44-171-353-4383 /WIRES TELECOM, BUSINESS/)