Qualcomm 2004 Annual Report Download - page 26
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Please find page 26 of the 2004 Qualcomm annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.TheMigrationFrom2Gto3GCDMAWireless
isAccelerating
QUALCOMManticipatessubstantialgrowthinWCDMA
subscribers.Bettercoverageandnewhandsetshave
alreadyattractednearly12millionsubscribersinJapan
andEurope.* Weareworkingcloselywithoperatorsand
manufacturerstosupportrapidandeconomicexpansion
ofWCDMAnetworksandtheavailabilityofcompetitive,
feature-richhandsetsandinfrastructureequipment.
Over26devicemanufacturershaveselected
QUALCOMM’schipsetssolutionsandsystemsoftware
fortheirWCDMAdeployments.Thisisthelargest
customerbaseintheindustrytoworkwithasingle
WCDMAwirelesschipsetprovider.
AsWCDMAnetworkrolloutsacceleratearoundthe
world,operatorsaredemandingWCDMAhandsets
thataddressdifferentsegmentsofthemarket.Tomeet
thatneed,QUALCOMMchipsetsandsystemsoftware
representthemostbroadlysegmentedoffering
availabletoday.
Enable
22QUALCOMM
peoplenowsubscribeto
awirelessphoneservice
acrossalltechnologies
220M*
1.5B*
Todaymorethan
3G
ofthemalreadyuse
CDMAtechnology
Todaymorethan
Thestandardforthenew
generationofwirelessis
basedonCDMAtechnology,
innovatedbyQUALCOMM
2.6B*
By2009morethan
subscriberswillmakeupthe
totaladdressablewireless
technologymarket
*Source:www.3gtoday.com