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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Willtek adds TD-SCDMA to 3G handset testers

November 23, 2006

picoChip announced that Willtek Communications, a supplier of test equipment for wireless manufacturers and networks, has added support for TD-SCDMA to its range of software-defined 3G cellular handset testers. This announcement further strengthens picoChip's agreement with Willtek, the company's first customer from 2003. As well as TD-SCDMA, Willtek's testers based on picoChip programmable baseband technology already support WCDMA and 1xEV-DO, making the company unique in its product breadth.

Guillaume d'Eyssautier, President and CEO of picoChip, commented, "We are delighted to have Willtek as such a close partner. Willtek was the company's first design win and it is extremely gratifying that they have used our technology to develop such a strong portfolio of independently developed standards. Testing and conformance is a highly critical component to 3G with its extreme complexity, and it is notable for the TD-SCDMA market that Willtek can support its deployment with this."

Matthias Weber, Director of Product Marketing of Willtek Communications added, "picoChip technology continues to lead the pack with its flexibility and performance. We originally selected picoChip so that we could address multiple standards: with the launch of TD-SCDMA we now have three protocols on the same platform, all developed extremely efficiently."

Industry observers expect China to offer a 3G service by 2008, when the Olympic Games will be held there. In the meantime, a new operational trial of TD-SCDMA, the home-grown 3G standard, commenced on November 7 in Beijing, Shanghai and three other cities in China. The trial TD-SCDMA network involves 20,000 subscribers.