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 TD-SCDMA chipset to be ready for mass-production by mid 2004
May 13, 2003
RTX Telecom has signed an agreement concerning the development of a GSM/TD-SCDMA
chipset for the Chinese 3G TD-SCDMA standard with a tier-one supplier
of cellular chip-sets. The TD-SCDMA part of the chipset will be based
on RTX Intellectual Property (IP).
The chipset will be available in engineering samples by the end of 2003
and for mass-production by the first half of 2004. It is expected that
it will be the first chipset available for development of commercial TD-SCDMA
handsets.
The GSM/TD-SCDMA chipset will be based on the chip supplier’s EDGE and
W-CDMA chipsets. RTX Telecom is convinced that handsets based on the chipset
will be able to compete with all other 3G technologies on key competitive
factors such as cost, size, weight and standby/talk-time.
RTX Telecom has been working on development of TD-SCDMA IP, firmware,
software and handset designs since the year 2000 and sees a strong interest
from handset manufacturers in developing commercial GSM/TD-SCDMA handsets
for the Chinese market. The new chipset is expected to accelerate the
development of handsets and keep RTX Telecom in the forefront of TD-SCDMA.
The chipset will be able to handle all services supported by the TD-SCDMA
networks in China. Handsets based on the chipset will be able to fall
back on GSM/GPRS in geographical areas without TD-SCDMA coverage.
Based on this Agreement, RTX Telecom will be able to accept contracts
from customers immediately for the development of competitive handset
designs to be approved and mass-produced by mid 2004.
CEO Joergen Elbaek, RTX Telecom, comments: “Securing competitive chipsets
for development of commercial TD-SCDMA terminals has been the most important
milestone to pass in our plans to become a leading design company in the
TD-SCDMA market”.
“We hope this will help the Chinese authorities in their process of issuing
TD-SCDMA licenses to operators. It is our belief that the chipset will
be the first in the market based on proven technology, and we hope it
will help secure a strong position for RTX Telecom in the future TD-SCDMA
market.” adds Mr Elbaek.
The Chinese authorities have not yet issued TD-SCDMA licenses to mobile
operators, but RTX Telecom expects this to happen before long.
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3G Motorola A920
