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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Qualcomm enters France Telecom's Turbo Codes Licensing Program for 3G
applications
November 25, 2003
Qualcomm and France Telecom, a communications carrier, today announced
that they have entered into a fee-bearing patent license agreement under
France Telecom's Turbo Code Licensing Program. Under terms of the agreement
France Telecom has granted Qualcomm a worldwide license to France Telecom's
seminal Turbo Code patents for use in Qualcomm's 3G chipsets, including
those for CDMA2000 and WCDMA. Turbo Codes increase network noise tolerance
which translates to a substantial increase in capacity for interference-limited
systems, such as CDMA.
Invented by researchers Claude Berrou and Alain Glavieux of Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Telecommunications (ENST) in Brittany, France, Turbo Codes
have been adopted by both the 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards to enable higher
network data capacity in CDMA systems. With increases in network capacity
and power efficiencies close to the "Shannon limit," the theoretical limit
predicted by mathematician Claude Shannon, Turbo Codes are a revolutionary
form of forward error correction, one of the fundamental building blocks
of any type of digital communication.
"We are pleased to license to such an innovative and market leading company
as Qualcomm," said Francois Jamet, director of intellectual property and
licensing for France Telecom. "This agreement represents an important
step in the development of France Telecom's Turbo Code Licensing Program
and in our efforts to license all manufacturers of 3G related products."
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