US
: QUALCOMM announced that major infrastructure vendors, including
Airvana, Ericsson, Hitachi, Ltd., Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nortel
Networks and Samsung, have selected QUALCOMM's Cell Site Modem(TM)
(CSM(TM)) CSM6800(TM) digital baseband modem for infrastructure and
test equipment to lead global efforts to drive adoption of CDMA2000(R)
1xEV-DO Revision A.
QUALCOMM's
Technology Development Program -- based on the CSM6800 device -- is
at the forefront of industry efforts to drive the next generation
of wireless data solutions based on the global deployment of 1xEV-DO
Rev. A. QUALCOMM's technology program enables accelerated development
of equipment system software and hardware in preparation for planned
technology trials and commercialization of worldwide 1xEV-DO Rev.
A technology solutions.
"Working
with the world's leading infrastructure vendors, QUALCOMM's technology
program will significantly impact the global availability of CDMA2000
1xEV-DO Rev. A," said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of QUALCOMM
CDMA Technologies. "With the acceptance of 1xEV-DO -- both Rev.
0 and now Rev. A -- QUALCOMM continues its leadership in CDMA technologies,
supporting major OEMs and operators worldwide with complete system
solutions."
"KDDI
continues to offer our customers compelling multimedia solutions at
attractive price points," said Dr. Yutaka Yasuda, vice president
and general manager "au" Technology Division, KDDI. "1xEV-DO
Rev. A will have the possibility of simultaneously delivering multimedia
solutions to a greater number of users -- expanding the capacity and
improving the quality of wireless video services."
"SKT continues
to be a leader in Korea with innovative wireless multimedia; to date,
we have more than 6.1 million 1xEV-DO subscribers," said Dr.
Jong Tae Ihm, vice president, Network R&D Center of SKT. "Upgrading
our networks to support 1xEV-DO Rev. A will enable us to maintain
our market leadership and deliver the higher data rates and increased
capacity necessary to support our ever-increasing DO subscriber base."
"QUALCOMM's
Rev. A technology program creates a cooperation with the global leaders
in wireless infrastructure to ensure a commercially ready, seamless
migration path to the next generation of DO," said Jim Straight,
vice president of Data and Wireless Internet Services for Verizon
Wireless. "With the higher speeds and lower latency of Verizon's
DO Rev. A network, our customers will experience enhanced multimedia
services and our enterprise customers will be able to increase productivity
through faster file downloads and transfers, while ensuring privacy
with advanced security and more."