We know that GSM technology is a sort of open standard technology -- just like Linux in computer world. And we consider its competitor, CDMA, as a propietry technology, which always deal with royalty, patent rights or something like that . That is why, so far, Qualcomm -- the owner of CDMA technology -- has been portrayed as the bad guy, as it has come under fire for its royalty charges and licensing policies from Nokia, Broadcom and others in anti-trust complaints and patent suits. But now, Qualcomm was not alone. A GSM guy already joined the club! Ericsson is getting just as aggressive, suing Samsung over use of essential GSM, GPRS and EDGE patents. Like ...

Posted by Budi Putra on August 9th, 2006 No Comments »

Harry K. Nugraha, Country Manager Qualcomm Indonesia (left), Shawn A. Covell, Senior Director, International Government Affairs, Qualcomm (center) and Michael J. Sampoerna, President Director Sampoerna Telekom * LAMPUNG, INDONESIA — Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, worked with Sampoerna Telekom (STI), Axesstel Inc., IndoNet, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and the State Ministry for the Accelerated Development of Disadvantaged Regions to introduce CDMA450 wireless technology into Way Kanan, giving the area access to broadband wireless voice and data services. "We are confident that greater access to wireless technology will enable better communication in rural ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 23rd, 2006 3 Comments »

Qualcomm, a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced that it will be sampling three of its UMTS solutions ahead of schedule in order to enable the quicker delivery of affordable and compelling 3G handsets to the UMTS market. The sampling date for the Mobile Station Modem™ (MSM™) MSM6245™ chipset for entry-level WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM (WEDGE) devices, MSM6255A™ chipset for mainstream multimedia WEDGE devices and the MSM6260™ chipset for highly cost-efficient HSDPA devices supporting 3.6 Mbps data rates has been brought forward to May of 2006. The early sampling of the family of integrated solutions will help enable the proliferation of mass-market UMTS devices, driving the migration of 2G wireless ...

Posted by Budi Putra on May 12th, 2006 No Comments »

The third generation (3G) technology in Japan continues to grow. More than 50 percent of cellular subscirbers in Japan are 3G CDMA now, a senior manager Qualcomm told Asia Tech recently. According to Takayuki (Ted) Nozaki, Senior Manager Business Development Qualcomm Japan, as of end of February, number of 3G CDMA subscribers of each carrier was as follows: NTT DoCoMo WCDMA: 22,015,000, KDDI 1x/1xEV-DO: 21,159,600 and Vodafone WCDMA : 2,736,200. Therefore, Ted said, 50.5% of total cellular subscribers in Japan (90,767,700) became 3G CDMA. [3G!] Read more: Asia Tech Weblog

Posted by Budi Putra on April 15th, 2006 No Comments »