Qualcomm and Teleepoch Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October 6, 2007

MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6, 2007

Brazilian government to publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007

KTF 3G service suffers from technical problems, October 6, 2007

Argentina’s Personal lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007

Russia has it's first 3G network, October 6, 2007

AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007

Enea Extends License Agreement with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007

LG to unveil premium handsets in Brazil, October 2, 2007

KTF 3G subscribers doubled in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007

3G policy in India will be non-uniform, October 2, 2007

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First software-radio '3G' processor

July 25, 2005

Sandbridge Technologies announced that it has successfully implemented a complete "3G" multimedia handset design utilizing its SB3010 flexible baseband processor to perform all baseband and multimedia functions in software.

Widely regarded as a wireless "holy grail," flexible baseband processing promises to free handset manufacturers from a wide range of hardware-based design constraints-and to enable wireless operators to easily upgrade network performance and services via simple OTA (over-the-air) updates. The SB3010 paves the way for a powerful new class of multi-mode, multimedia convergent devices that merge the flexibility and performance of PC's with the form and convenience of mobile handhelds.

"A breakthrough development with broad and potentially disruptive implications for the wireless industry," said Will Strauss Principal analyst of Forward Concepts. "Sandbridge has developed a truly innovative DSP architecture that could revolutionize the design of advanced mobile devices by eliminating manufacturer dependence on fixed-function hardware."

The SB3010 platform departs radically from dedicated baseband hardware by allowing manufacturers to create, test, modify and execute their designs entirely in software. Coupled with intuitive programming tools and a supercomputer class "C" compiler, the SB3010 not only reduces risk, cost, complexity and time-to-market-It uniquely facilitates swift and easy adaptation to multiplying and evolving standards; emerging network requirements like MIMO; and diverse audio and video formats. The SB3010 also provides manufacturers with a method of differentiating and extending the usability of their designs by streamlining the development and integration of new features and applications.

The SB3010 baseband processor utilizes Sandbridge's revolutionary Sandblaster DSPs with an ARM926 to deliver 10 billion MACs of converged DSP performance. The processor can run virtually any radio protocol such as GSM/GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, CDMA2000, 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA, WiFi and GPS-as well as multimedia formats like MPEG-4 H.264, MP-3, WMA and more. Sandbridge is also developing HSDPA, WiMax and DMB/DVB solutions as an upgrade to the platform and will maintain pace with evolving standards to address the needs of the global wireless marketplace. The SB3010 is also the optimal solution to provision laptops and sub-notebooks with ubiquitous, broadband connectivity via evolving WiFi and WiMax protocols. The SB3010 is currently being sampled to select top-tier manufacturing customers who are developing next generation wireless solutions free of fixed-function hardware ASIC's.