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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
QUALCOMM Announces Global Adoption of gpsOne Technology
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25 -- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple
Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today said the
adoption of its gpsOne(R) position-location technology is accelerating
globally, with more than 150 million handsets featuring the gpsOne solution
shipped and more than 250 different handset models from more than 40
manufacturers commercially available. Location-based services leveraging the
accurate and ubiquitous positioning capabilities of gpsOne technology have
already been deployed and widely adopted in many major markets around the
world. Most recently, four major operators -- two operating WCDMA (UMTS)
networks in Japan and two operating CDMA2000 networks in the United States,
have launched or plan to launch consumer and enterprise location-based
services (LBS) featuring gpsOne-enabled handsets.
"These launches by major operators represent an unprecedented acceleration
in the LBS market, and are the result of a unique collaboration among
operators and handset manufacturers, application developers, system
integrators and QUALCOMM," said Rob Rovetta, senior director of product
management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "Our business approach of working
closely with the entire LBS supply chain, in addition to our industry-leading
performance, tightly integrated applications offerings and end-to-end product
solution, has enabled us to further extend our leadership position in wireless
location technology."
The gpsOne solution provides the performance and solution flexibility to
support a wide variety of consumer and enterprise location-based -- and
location-enhanced -- services, as well as emergency services for the North
American E911 emergency mandate. The gpsOne solution was first deployed in
2000 and has realized market penetration and utilization unmatched by any
other GPS provider:
gpsOne is deployed by 45 wireless network operators across
nine countries
Hundreds of applications that use the gpsOne solution are commercially
available
More than 150 million handsets have been shipped featuring the gpsOne
solution
More than 250 different handset models from more than 40 manufacturers
are commercially available
The gpsOne solution uses Assisted-GPS technology (A-GPS) that is
integrated into most of QUALCOMM's complete Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM))
baseband solutions, offering unparalleled cost, footprint and power-efficiency
benefits for mobile handsets and enabling seamless interoperability with
multimedia features from the Launchpad(TM) suite of multimedia capabilities.
The gpsOne solution offers industry-leading sensitivity of up to -160dBm that
enables performance indoors and in other areas where traditional GPS solutions
are not effective. gpsOne also operates in Standalone-GPS mode to ensure that
GPS position information is available to handset LBS applications even when
the handset is outside wireless coverage.
QUALCOMM pioneered the development and commercialization of Assisted-GPS
technology, and today has more than a thousand patents related to positioning
or location-based service capabilities either granted or pending worldwide.
With more than 150 million gpsOne-enabled handsets at more than 45 operators
globally, QUALCOMM is the most widely-deployed GPS technology in the world,
enabling dramatically more devices than any other GPS provider.
QUALCOMM's location solutions also include the QPoint(TM) location server
and associated tools comprising the infrastructure element that enables
location-based services. QUALCOMM works with system integrators to deliver
QPoint to wireless operators. Together, QUALCOMM's QPoint and gpsOne
solutions provide the most complete, integrated mass-market location based
services solution available today.
The Company's chipset solutions support QUALCOMM's Launchpad suite of
advanced multimedia, connectivity, position location, user interface and
removable storage functionality and the BREW(R) solution, which enables the
download and monetization of advanced applications and content, allowing
operators and OEMs to differentiate their products and services and increase
revenues. QUALCOMM's chipsets are also compatible with the Java(TM) runtime
environment (J2ME(TM)), which can be built entirely on the chipset as an
extension to the BREW client.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (http://www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and
delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services
based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego,
Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2005 FORTUNE 500(R)
company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
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