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27
Samsung continues to lead in CDMA
mobile communications technology, an
area we helped pioneer with the world’s
first commercial service in 1996. We’ve
sold the world’s most CDMA-based
cellular and PCS phones for the past four
years running. And what’s even more
gratifying is the fact that our SCH-3500
was the best-selling phone in the U.S. in
2000, capturing an amazing 28% market
share as it helped us surpass the 10-
million-unit sales milestone in that
market in just three short years.
In 2000, we led the global CDMA phone industry for a
fourth straight year as we shipped a new lineup of
convergence phones with MP3 player, TV, digital
camera, and Internet functionality. In a first for any
Korean-made product, we made it into the 2001
edition of the
Guinness Book of World Records
for the
world’s smallest cell phone TV (SCH-M220) and
wristwatch phone (SPH-WP10). We also introduced
the world’s first cdma2000 and fastest GPRS phones,
heralding the arrival of 2.5G mobile communications
services.
During the year, we teamed up with 3Com to
develop the world’s first 3G network solution based
on cdma2000 1x technology. Backwardly compatible
with existing cdmaOne networks, the new system
made the world’s first cdma2000 1x test call in May
and was deployed in the Seoul metropolitan area with
commercial service starting October 1. Features of the
new system include double the channel capacity and
data rates of up to 144 kbps.
Enjoying 100% growth in sales in 2000, we
continued to make portable computing even more
convenient with the launch of new highly-rated line of
Pentium III notebooks. We also continued to expand
our line of digital cameras, adding 1.3- and 2.1-
megapixel models with 3x optical zoom and 1.8-inch
color LCD screens.
1in CDMA
CDMA Goes 2.5G
Our comprehensive cdma2000 1x solution
allows existing cdmaOne cellular and PCS
operators to seamlessly upgrade their
networks without downtime or backward-
compatibility issues.