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QUALCOMM 2002 ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 27
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
One promising technology added to the CDMA
evolutionary path this year is called GSM1x. This
technology will make it possible for a GSM operator
to upgrade to 3G CDMA in existing spectrum while
retaining its network systems and services.
GSM1x works by using existing GSM core
infrastructure together with CDMA radio access
equipment. Combining the strength of the existing
GSM network with the increased capacity and cost
efficiencies of CDMA, this technology offers GSM
operators an attractive alternative path for transi-
tioning to 3G CDMA.
BRIDGING THE GAP
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) successfully
demonstrated live voice and data calls using a
single-mode WCDMA/UMTS chipset. The division
also successfully sampled its MSM6200 and
MSM6300 multimode chipsets that will enable
operators and manufacturers to transition from
2G technologies to today’s 3G CDMA solutions.
QUALCOMM makes strategic investments to pro-
mote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products
and services for wireless voice and Internet data
communications, including CDMA wireless operators
and licensed manufacturers that support the
design and introduction of new CDMA-based
products or possess unique capabilities or technology.
The Company also makes strategic investments
in early-stage companies that possess unique
capabilities or technology, as well as venture funds
or incubators, to support the adoption of CDMA
and use of the wireless Internet.
PROMOTING CDMA GROWTH WORLDWIDE
QUALCOMM IS COMMITTED TO MAKING
GLOBAL ROAMING A REALITY
Our Company accelerated multimode chip development to enable phones that will communicate globally.
There was much progress this year in the effort to build bridges between technologies and bring the
various players in the wireless world together.
The second-generation technology that is most widely deployed today in Europe and other parts of the
world is not based on CDMA. However, the major versions of the third-generation standard are based on
QUALCOMM’s intellectual property. The 3G standard (as defined by the International Telecommunications
Union) includes CDMA2000, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA.