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Voice.฀Data.฀Multimedia.
A฀global฀leader฀in฀developing฀and฀delivering฀innovative,฀end-to-end฀wireless฀products฀฀
and฀solutions,฀QUALCOMM฀and฀its฀industry฀partners฀are฀working฀to฀enhance฀the฀wireless฀
experience฀for฀consumers,฀business฀and฀government.฀
network฀capacity,฀this฀high-speed฀data฀solution฀makes฀฀
it฀possible฀for฀operators฀to฀offer฀advanced฀mobile฀broad-
band฀services฀such฀as฀multimedia฀and฀position฀location.฀
These฀technologies฀are฀integrated฀into฀QUALCOMM฀
chipsets฀through฀a฀powerful฀toolkit฀—the฀Launchpad™฀
suite฀of฀integrated฀functions฀for฀wireless฀devices.฀These฀
powerful฀capabilities฀are฀accessible฀to฀publishers฀and฀
developers฀via฀the฀BREW฀solution,฀enabling฀compelling฀
products฀that฀help฀drive฀the฀global฀wireless฀market.
The฀increasing฀availability฀of฀useful฀and฀exciting฀wireless฀
applications฀is฀key฀to฀the฀growth฀of฀CDMA.฀Envisioning฀
that฀challenge฀back฀in฀2001,฀QUALCOMM฀Internet฀฀
Services฀(QIS)฀launched฀a฀breakthrough฀system฀that฀
made฀it฀possible฀for฀manufacturers,฀developers฀and฀
operators฀to฀deliver฀applications฀to฀consumers฀and฀
enterprises฀through฀their฀mobile฀devices.
Today฀the฀BREW฀solution฀has฀become฀a฀comprehen-
sive฀and฀global฀virtual฀marketplace฀that฀includes฀a฀
powerful฀client฀platform฀and฀a฀distribution฀and฀billing฀฀
system.฀Supported฀by฀an฀ever-growing฀number฀of฀
BREW-enabled฀devices,฀the฀system฀has฀helped฀to฀bring฀
forth฀an฀enormous฀selection฀of฀applications฀ranging฀
from฀entertainment฀to฀business.฀Operators฀around฀the฀
A฀WINNING฀APPROACH
QCT฀is฀a฀vital฀link฀in฀the฀CDMA฀chain.฀The฀division฀
supplies฀device฀and฀infrastructure฀manufacturers฀with฀
integrated฀circuits,฀system฀software฀and฀all฀the฀support฀
needed฀to฀ensure฀faster฀time฀to฀market฀with฀even฀fewer฀
parts,฀smaller฀form฀factors,฀longer฀battery฀life฀and฀better฀
features.฀QCT฀has฀an฀unparalleled฀track฀record฀of฀deliv-
ering฀on-time฀solutions฀that฀work.฀And฀it฀helps฀CDMA฀
manufacturers฀and฀network฀operators฀stay฀ahead฀of฀the฀
competition฀by฀providing฀highly฀integrated,฀fully฀tested฀
solutions฀that฀are฀continuously฀upgraded฀according฀to฀฀
a฀carefully฀engineered฀roadmap.฀
No฀two฀markets฀are฀exactly฀alike,฀and฀QCT฀now฀฀
provides฀four฀distinct฀chipset฀platforms฀designed฀to฀
accommodate฀every฀need.฀Whether฀the฀goal฀is฀to฀
increase฀teledensity฀in฀emerging฀markets฀with฀entry-
level฀voice฀services,฀or฀to฀bring฀wireless฀broadband฀
access฀to฀today’s฀mobile฀workers,฀QUALCOMM฀has฀฀
the฀right฀solution฀at฀the฀right฀price฀point.
HIGH-SPEED฀WIRELESS฀DOWNLOADS
The฀world’s฀fastest฀commercial฀wireless฀networks฀are฀
enabled฀by฀QUALCOMM’s฀evolutionary฀CDMA2000฀
1xEV-DO฀technology.฀Along฀with฀providing฀more฀฀
Innovate฀
12฀ QUALCOMM฀฀฀
BREW฀BY฀THE฀NUMBERS฀as฀of฀November฀2004
฀฀
application฀downloads฀฀
worldwide
40M+฀฀
devices฀in฀the฀market
฀฀
device฀models฀฀
operators฀worldwide
200M+฀150+
device฀manufacturers
฀
countries฀with฀฀
BREW฀services
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