Qualcomm chips to power 3G world phones
by Evan Blass, posted Apr 7th 2006 at 1:10PM
In a move sure to excite both business travelers and wandering geeks, Qualcomm announced earlier this week
that it expects to ship chips for high-speed world phones by the end of this year. Handsets with the new Qualcomm
chipsets will be able to access both EV-DO services on CDMA networks as well as W-CDMA-powered GSM UMTS networks,
effectively allowing for 3G connections almost anywhere in the world. Even customers not willing to shell out the big
bucks that these first models will cost will still benefit from the new chips, as prices on current-gen 2G and 2.5G
world phones will drop accordingly as a result of their new mid-tier market status.
Filed under: Handsets, GSM, EV-DO, UMTS, CDMA
Tags: 2.5g, 2g, 3g, ctia, ev-do, gsm, qualcomm, travelling, umts, world phone'cdma, WorldPhone'cdma
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Julian @ Apr 17th 2006 8:53AM
Is the Razr V3i a world phone? I guess everyone can gain from this. Sounds good I only hope the V3i has these chips, sounds ace!