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To: jmanvegas who wrote (68535)	3/4/2000 2:40:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

U.S. chip makers eye Korea comm market Mar. 03, 2000 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola Inc. are moving to conquer the Korean market for high-speed voice and data technology. Industry watchers said San Diego-based Qualcomm and Motorola (Schaumburg, Ill.) are focusing their efforts here on high-speed mobile communications. Qualcomm's focus is high data rate (HDR), high-speed data technologies operating at speeds as high as 2.4 Mbits/second while Motorola targets mobile applications at 460 kbits/s with its 1xPlus technology. Both companies have licensing contracts with major Korean mobile communications manufacturers. The names of the partners will be disclosed later this year, the U.S. companies said. Analysts said the demand here for mobile communications service providers is fueling the move to Qualcomm's and Motorola's technologies. These providers want to be seen as offering the best technologies in advance of deployment of wireless technology based on the IMT-2000 standard. Demand has also been boosted by the recent boom in Internet-based data services. Faster transmissions Korean mobile-comm service providers have lately changed their IS95A service to faster IS95B service with transmission speeds up to 64.6 kbits/s. Qualcomm has licensed its HDR technology to domestic mobile communications handset and service providers. The company is also studying whether to offer dedicated high-speed services up to 2.4 Mbits/s. Qualcomm also is considering investing in Korea Telecom Freetel Co., a mobile comm service provider, and other communication companies. Motorola has been upgrading Korean data services by promoting its 1xPlus technology designed to support voice and data services simultaneously at speeds of 460 kbits/s. -Yoonhee Park. Exclusive to EE Times by Chom Dan Inc. (Seoul, South Korea). eetimes.com