|
Newsletters
|
|
|
|
|
|
WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
QUALCOMM and 4G Systems Sign WCDMA Modem Card and Router License Agreement
SAN DIEGO, March 9 -- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple
Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, and 4G Systems GmbH
("4G Systems"), headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, today announced that the
companies have signed a commercial WCDMA and TD-SCDMA modem card and router
license agreement. Under the terms of the worldwide, royalty-bearing
agreement, QUALCOMM has granted 4G Systems a patent license to develop,
manufacture and sell WCDMA and TD-SCDMA modem card and router products
(including HSDPA products). The royalties payable by 4G Systems are at
QUALCOMM's standard rates and are the same irrespective of the CDMA standard
implemented by the modem card or router products.
"QUALCOMM is pleased to license 4G Systems for the development,
manufacture and sale of WCDMA and TD-SCDMA modem cards and routers," said
Marvin Blecker, president of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing. "4G Systems
products allow for wireless connectivity in the office, at home or on the go.
This license agreement will now allow 4G Systems to expand their wireless
offering to include HSDPA solutions, providing high-speed mobile service to
European consumers."
"4G Systems looks forward to being able to supply high-quality WCDMA/UMTS
routers and wireless PC cards that will provide business professionals with
speeds comparable to broadband DSL," said Alexander P. Sator, managing
director of 4G Systems. "With this license agreement from QUALCOMM, the
leader of CDMA technologies, our WCDMA/UMTS products will now take advantage
of the broadband capacity of operators' WCDMA/UMTS networks to bring
subscribers high-speed mobile wireless access."
4G Systems is a supplier and developer of HSDPA applications for high-
speed wireless data transfer over UMTS networks. The company was founded in
Hamburg, Germany in 2002 and supplies HSDPA cards in Europe. 4G Systems
develops hardware and software for a wide range of wireless data transfer
standards such as WLAN, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA. 4G Systems can provide a
complete portfolio of products.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (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.
|
|
|
