MALMO, Sweden, Oct. 16, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teleca Mobile Technologies and QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM) today announced an agreement to work together to provide fully integrated and tested multimedia messaging service (MMS) and wireless application protocol (WAP) solutions for third generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and GSM/GPRS handset manufacturers.
This cooperative effort will result in the integration of Teleca's AU Mobile Suite MMS and WAP solutions with QUALCOMM's Launchpad(TM) applications. QUALCOMM's MSM6200(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) chipset and system software supporting the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode of WCDMA -- also known as UMTS -- as well as GSM and GPRS, will be the first to include Teleca's Browser functionality. The integrated and completely verified solution which will be available in the first half of calendar year 2003 will enable carriers to seamlessly deliver multimedia and messaging services across their networks to their subscriber customers.
"Our partnership with Teleca Mobile Technologies will optimize multimedia messaging applications for UMTS handset manufacturers, which will allow them to accelerate design cycles through our proven solution," said Johan Lodenius, senior vice president of marketing and product management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "Tight integration of multimedia functions into our UMTS/GSM/GPRS chipset solution will enable manufacturers to provide consumers with cost-effective, high-performance handsets, sending video, music and other multimedia attachments quickly and easily."
"Our partnership with QUALCOMM will provide a more complete offering to our mutual customers and will enable both Teleca and QUALCOMM to broaden their market reach," said Joakim Nydemark, president of Teleca Mobile Technologies. "Our integrated browser and messaging solutions will shorten time-to-market for Teleca's and QUALCOMM's customers, and provide them with industry-leading applications."
For more information please contact:
Joakim Nydemark, president of Teleca Mobile Technologies telephone +46 46 32 71 43, mobile +46 706 35 16 09 Thomas Pantzar, Executive Vice President, Teleca AB telephone +46 31 744 80 10, mobile +46 703 79 18 30 Stacy Getz, CDMA Technologies Public Relations QUALCOMM telephone +1 (858) 845 7674, stacyg@qualcomm.com
Teleca Mobile Technologies -- with the AU advantage -- is one of the foremost suppliers of application software for mobile devices for Telecom and Consumer Electronics segments around the world. We offer the industry-leading AU Mobile Suite based on open standards for Mobile Internet Browsing, Security, Mobile Messaging and Content Management. For more information please visit www.teleca.com/aumobilesuite.
Teleca is a European high-end consulting group focused on new technology and R&D. Our business concept is to strengthen our customer's market position and time-to-market. This is achieved by providing professional teams with specialist technical expertise, working in partnership with development-intensive companies world-wide. The group has more than 2,300 employees in 14 countries with a strong presence in the Nordic region, U.K. and France. Teleca is quoted on the Attract40 list of Stockholmsborsen. For more information please visit www.teleca.com.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2001, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. MSM, MSM6200, Launchpad are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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