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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
QUALCOMM Announces More Than 100 Million Wireless Handsets Using gpsOne
NEW ORLEANS, CTIA Booth #2631, Hall C,
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, has announced
that more than 100 million handsets enabled by QUALCOMM's gpsOne(R) technology
are in commercial use, making the gpsOne solution the most widely deployed GPS
technology in the world. The gpsOne technology is integrated into QUALCOMM's
Multimedia, Enhanced Multimedia and Convergence Platform and onto select Value
Platform Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) chipsets, delivering a cost-
effective solution that offers handset manufacturers access to the largest
selection of GPS-enabled wireless devices in the world.
"Our gpsOne technology is a low-cost, high-accuracy A-GPS solution that
has enabled operators worldwide to successfully launch gpsOne-enabled handsets
in large volumes, ensuring mass-market availability of location-based
services," said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.
"QUALCOMM's gpsOne solution offers one of the most powerful GPS engines
available today, and our newest products have broader capabilities and more
search capacity than other GPS engines in the industry -- making gpsOne
technology the clear choice for location based services."
QUALCOMM's gpsOne technology operates in MS-Assisted (A-GPS position
calculated in the network), MS-Based (A-GPS position calculated in the
handset), and Standalone/Autonomous modes on all major air interfaces,
enabling both CDMA2000(R) 1X/1xEV-DO and WCDMA (UMTS)/HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE
operators to take advantage of QUALCOMM's integrated gpsOne and QPoint(TM)
solutions. Today, 17 global operators, supporting more than 150 distinct
models from more than 20 handset manufacturers, offer a broad range of
location-based services, including child-safety and personal navigation
applications, friend-finder and points of interest services, games and
entertainment, and sales force management and asset tracking services. In
addition, several major operators in the United States utilize gpsOne-enabled
phones to address the Federal Communications Commission E-911 wireless safety
obligations.
QUALCOMM's gpsOne A-GPS (assisted-GPS) hybrid solution improves upon
conventional GPS by combining wireless network information, satellite-based
GPS information and location servers to significantly improve positioning
availability, sensitivity, accuracy and time-to-fix -- providing industry-
leading all-terrain accuracy and performance. The gpsOne A-GPS solution also
works indoors and in dense urban canyons. The gpsOne solution is part of
QUALCOMM's Launchpad(TM) suite of advanced multimedia, connectivity, position
location, user interface and removable storage functionality.
QPoint is QUALCOMM's location services software and set of accompanying
tools making up the core backend/infrastructure element needed to enable
location services to be deployed. QUALCOMM works with system integrators to
offer QPoint to operators. QUALCOMM's QPoint and gpsOne solutions provide the
most complete, integrated mass-market location based services solution
available today.
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.
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