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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picoChip introduces 3G Basestation on a CD
June 10, 2003
picoChip Designs announced the availability of the industry's first software
reference design for 3G basestations. The "basestation on a CD" includes
tested algorithms and source code for WCDMA FDD, providing manufacturers
with a speedy, cost-competitive and low risk route to develop a fully
compliant "carrier class" 3G basestation. Current development times for
a basestation can be up to 24 months or more, with budgets of many tens
of millions of Dollars: this solution makes it possible to reduce these
by up to 50%. In addition to manufacturers it is ideally suited to operators,
system development houses and research organisations wishing to test out
new features.
CTO & Co-founder, Doug Pulley, said, "The interest in our 'ready to go'
basestation has been quite remarkable. We can now supply OEM customers
with a complete WCDMA software reference design, fully compliant and tested.
Our software-defined basestation removes the need to worry about obsolescence,
interoperability or being trapped into out-dated standards - while reducing
system cost and bill of materials. What is more, because this is a software-based
platform, customers retain the crucial ability to add proprietary elements,
to use their own algorithms and to include their own IP."
The hardware is based around picoChip's technology platform of picoArray
devices. The system is capable of supporting the full set of 3G voice,
data and video services. The system complies with Release 4.2.0 (Sept
2001) of the standard (the most common revision for current deployment
and for interoperability with handsets) and has been fully tested to TS25.215
and TS25.104. Support for Release 5 (including HSDPA) is now under development
for release later this year. Versions are available for both macro-cells
and micro-cells.
Pulley, added, "This is the first in a series of system level products
that includes different protocols and 3G test equipment. Future releases
include HSDPA, TD-SCDMA and 802.20. Our aim is to provide operators and
manufacturers with significant time to market benefits across a broad
range of infrastructure platforms."
Comprehensive supporting collateral is supplied that provides designers
with the means to rapidly develop products based around picoArray technology.
It includes: algorithms, references to the standard, source code, and
test and verification frameworks. Full systems, applications support is
provided by industry experts with significant experience in developing
3G basestations for a number of current suppliers.
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3G Motorola A920
