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GERMANY: Infineon Technologies AG has announced that LG Electronics Inc., Korea, has chosen its MP-E platform for their new EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) mobile handsets.
Beginning with the recent introduction of new phones by LGE, the Infineon MP-E platform will be used in a series of EDGE mobile phones from LGE.
The Infineon platform, provided as a reference design, includes the baseband processor, the RF transceiver for four frequency ranges, the power management circuitry, Blue-tooth chips, and a complete EDGE phone software suite.
Prof. Dr Hermann Eul, member of the Infineon Management Board and President of the In-fineon Communication Solutions Business Group,said, “Our broad system integration know-how, sophisticated protocol stack and user interface software, combined with competency in reference design platforms, results in solutions with a favorable price-performance ratio.â€
“The MP-E platform will allow LGE to introduce a variety of EDGE models all based on the same core architecture,†he added.
The MP-E hardware and software reference design includes Infineon’s state-of-the-art baseband, RF and power management chip, complemented by protocol stacks, the APOXI application framework and a fully customizable APOXI reference MMI (Man-Machine-Interface).
Some of the features supported by the MP-E platform are: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Quad-band RF Bands 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, video playback and record (MPEG4, H.263), video streaming, camera support, MP3, Bluetooth, Infrared, USB 2.0.
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