December 21, 2001
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced the first nationwide launch in Japan, beginning in December 2001, of gpsOne(TM)-enabled handsets and their associated position location service plans by KDDI Corporation. The three handsets offered by KDDI -- the C3001H, C3002K and C5001T -- are powered by the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) MSM3300(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) chipset and gpsOne wireless Global Positioning System (GPS) location solution software. These handsets and the KDDI service plans for wireless navigation represent the first nationwide commercial position location system available anywhere in the world through mobile phone networks.
"KDDI's new GPS Keitai and Movie Keitai handsets, and eznavigation service plans offer our customers state-of-the-art wireless communication and position location tools," said Ikuyoshi Inoue, senior general manager, service and product planning division, business sector of KDDI Corporation. "QCT's MSM3300 chipset and application software solutions are integral to these new products, and we look forward to a continuing partnership with QCT as we continue to bring exciting new products and services to the Japanese marketplace."
"The launch of gpsOne-enabled handsets and services across Japan by KDDI heralds a new era in CDMA wireless technology, signifying an almost unlimited range of new products and features based on position location capabilities that will become available to consumers," said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "KDDI continues to prove its innovation in the Japanese marketplace by offering its customers the most advanced wireless handsets and services available."
The MSM3300 chipset is comprised of the MSM3300 CDMA modem, RFT3100(TM) analog-baseband-to-RF upconverter, IFR3300(TM) IF-to-baseband downconverter, RFR3300(TM) RF-to-IF downconverter --the first front-end receiver in the industry to incorporate GPS capabilities in a CDMA chipset -- PA3300(TM) power amplifier, PM1000(TM) power management device and the SURF3300(TM) development platform. QCT's gpsOne technology is integrated on the MSM3300 chip, which provides all of the position location capabilities without the need for additional chips, reducing board space and potential size of the handsets.
QCT's gpsOne solution, featuring SnapTrack(TM) technology, offers robust data availability under the most challenging conditions, whether in concrete-and-steel high-rises, convention centers, shopping malls or urban canyons. Using a hybrid approach that utilizes signals from both the GPS satellite constellation and from CDMA cell sites, the gpsOne solution enhances location services availability, accelerates the location determination process and provides better accuracy for callers, whether during emergency situations or while using GPS-enabled commercial applications. The gpsOne solution deployed by KDDI is supported by SnapTrack's SnapSmart(TM) location server software, which provides the core position calculation function for KDDI's eznavigation service.
The MSM3300 solution also offers the highly integrated features of QCT's Wireless Internet Launchpad(TM) suite of advanced technologies and software, that includes, in addition to the gpsOne position location solution, Bluetooth(TM) connectivity capabilities, UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), and multimedia features such as Qtunes(TM) Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG-1) Layer-3 (MP3) player software support and Compact Media Extension (CMX(TM)) Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)-based multimedia software. The MSM3300 solution also supports QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) applications platform.
The two KDDI GPS Keitai handsets offer users access to the services and functionality provided by the gpsOne technology, with KDDI's eznavigation service providing, initially, 20 different position location features such as personal navigation, communication services, gourmet town guides, transportation assistance, real-time local weather forecasts, security services, information services, and entertainment and games. For more information on the new handsets and services, access the following Internet link: http://www.kddi.com/english/release/2001/1112/index.html. For more information on KDDI, visit their Web site at: http://www.kddi.com/english/index.html.
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