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wireless solutions and support
Qualcomm’s global development teams are working with wireless network operators around the world to help them deploy, optimize and upgrade their networks to take advantage of 3G capabilities. In addition to offering chipsets and system software, Qualcomm works with operators on defining feature sets that help differentiate their services. As part of this collaboration, the Company also provides network and interoperability testing.

multiple migration paths
Demand for high-speed wireless applications and services is growing rapidly, and Qualcomm offers existing and future product road maps for making economic and efficient wireless network and service transitions.

For CDMA2000 operators around the world, EV-DO is the high-speed data evolution of choice. It offers a cost-effective wide-area wireless broadband solution with data speeds that enable the efficient delivery of new Internet Protocol-based mobile capabilities.

For GSM operators migrating to 3G CDMA, Qualcomm developed the world’s first commercially available, fully integrated WCDMA (UMTS)* chipset solution.

With its multimode, data-enabled WCDMA chipsets, Qualcomm continues to enhance wireless products that accelerate the growth of WCDMA while making the most of operators’ existing network investments.

Commercially launched in late 2005, HSDPA is an evolution of existing WCDMA networks that provides a powerful boost in data rates and an increase in overall network capacity analogous to what EV-DO provided to CDMA2000. It allows wireless users to receive high-quality video and audio, quickly browse graphics-heavy websites, and run other advanced applications on their mobile handsets.

dmmx and hmmx
In the fall, Qualcomm announced its DMMX (DO Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions) and HMMX (HSDPA Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions) platforms to support the long-term road maps of EV-DO and HSDPA. The Company’s DMMX and HMMX platforms are a set of technology and product innovations based on three fundamental pillars:

  • 3GPP2 and 3GPP standards-based enhancements to EV-DO and WCDMA HSDPA.
  • Qualcomm-developed techniques for improving capacity and speed that do not require changes to current or proposed standards.
  • Chips and software enabling the concurrent operation of multiple radio links such as CDMA, TDM and OFDM-all working in a backward-compatible manner.

The DMMX and HMMX platforms will not only significantly improve the performance of 3G CDMA technology, they will also enable operators to deploy networks and devices that combine different technologies optimized for specific services, all used concurrently in a manner transparent to consumers.




* WCDMA is referred to in Europe as Universal Mobile Telephone Service (UMTS)


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