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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
QUALCOMM Announces First Commercially Available Value Platform-Enabled Handsets
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 1 -- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access
(CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced at SuperComm India 2005 in
New Delhi the first commercially available handsets enabled by Radio Frequency
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (RF CMOS)-based chipsets in the Value
Platform. Hisense, LGE and Samsung are among the global manufacturers who
have introduced wireless devices based on QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem(TM)
(MSM(TM)) MSM6000(TM) and MSM6025(TM) chipset solutions, which include
cost-effective RF CMOS processing technology. The first commercial devices
based on RF CMOS technology will initially target leading emerging markets for
CDMA2000(R) 1X, including India, China and Latin America, followed by
additional markets in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Several other
manufacturers are also in advanced stages of product development using
QUALCOMM's RF CMOS-based chipsets and are expected to be launching handsets in
the second quarter of calendar 2005.
"With strong growth in our CDMA2000 1X customer base, new handset models
based on QUALCOMM's RF CMOS chipsets will enable a wider range of
price-competitive 1X devices that deliver superior voice quality, data
features and form factors," said Kamal Nanavaty, chief operating officer of
Wireless for Reliance Infocomm. "These handsets based on MSM6000 and MSM6025
will enable our manufacturer partners to deliver devices that address multiple
market segments, appealing to a broader subscriber base with wireless
multimedia, including SMS, poly-ringtone downloads and 3G data."
"CDMA2000 1X handsets enabled by QUALCOMM's RF CMOS based MSM6000 and
MSM6025 chipsets will enable price-competitive, high-quality wireless services
and allow us to create multi-tier service plans," said Milesh Ruparel, chief
officer of Supply Chain Management for Tata Teleservices Limited. "With
wireless service options for all market tiers and attractively priced 1X
handsets enabled by QUALCOMM's chipset solutions, we look forward to
continuing our successful regional growth."
"QUALCOMM's RF CMOS-based chipsets validate our RF technology leadership
and offer emerging CDMA2000 1X markets a cost-effective path to 3G," said Dr.
Sanjay K. Jha, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "These first
commercially available RF CMOS handsets extend the global reach of 1X by
providing carriers with highly competitive, entry-level next-generation
solutions."
RF CMOS is a low-cost, high-volume digital process technology that allows
wireless device manufacturers to leverage significant economies of scale
across digital and RF products -- further driving down costs to supply
cost-competitive wireless solutions to emerging CDMA2000 1X markets.
QUALCOMM's Value Platform includes the MSM6000, MSM6025, MSM6050(TM),
MSM6200(TM) and MSM6225(TM) chipsets, enabling voice-centric and basic data
phones and services for emerging and prepaid CDMA2000 1X and WCDMA (UMTS)
markets. The Value Platform chipsets deliver accessible, affordable wireless
to the global marketplace.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and
delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services
based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. Headquartered in San Diego,
Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2004 FORTUNE 500(R)
company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have
manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and
profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed, change in
economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the
other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including
the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 2004, and most recent
Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. MSM6000,
MSM6025, MSM6050, MSM6200, MSM6225, Mobile Station Modem and MSM are
trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. CDMA2000 is a registered trademark of
the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA USA). All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
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