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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (20800)	1/5/1999 1:08:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

All, We Are Getting "Real Close"> Ericsson concedes Electronics Times Ericsson has made the first real compromise in the protracted and bitter dispute over specifications and intellectual property rights for the air interface standard to be used in 3G mobile communications. It has offered to reduce the chip rate of the wideband CDMA technology it has been pushing as a global standard. It suggests this could complete the harmonisation of terrestrial radio proposals due by the end of the year. Until now, Ericsson has maintained that reducing the chip rate of W-CDMA would degrade its performance. Its compromise offer is to reduce it from 4.096 to 4.840Mchip/s. The chip rate determines how data is transmitted in spread spectrum CDMA communications. The harmonisation would extend to cdma2000 backed by Qualcomm, although there will still be differences between the two CDMA proposals. Ake Persson, vice-president of Ericsson, said: "We are optimistic our proposal meets with all requirements for harmonised 3G standards for users of GSM, TDMA IS-136, cdmaOne and PDC equally." Ron Foerster, MD of Qualcomm Europe, says the proposal "could be a step forward, but we still believe a single converged standard is the best solution". (Copyright 1998) _____via IntellX_____ Publication Date: January 04, 1999 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top