Qualcomm licenses CDMA to UTStarcom

MUMBAI: Qualcomm Inc. and UTStarcom, Inc. have signed a commercial CDMA subscriber unit and infrastructure license agreement. Under the terms of the worldwide royalty-bearing agreement, Qualcomm has granted UTStarcom a patent license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber and infrastructure equipment for use in CDMA2000, WCDMA (UMTS) and TD-SCDMA systems.

The royalties payable by UTStarcom are at Qualcomm's standard rates and are the same irrespective of CDMA standard for which the subscriber and infrastructure equipment are sold.

"Qualcomm is pleased to enter into this agreement with UTStarcom. Qualcomm's CDMA technology and strategy enables UTStarcom to extend its existing wireless solutions to carriers throughout the world," said senior VP and GM of technology licensing for Qualcomm Marvin Blecker. "Qualcomm continues to build on its leadership and expertise in developing and delivering end-to-end 3G solutions for all markets that enable broad product segmentation, product differentiation, and enhanced wireless applications and services," he added.

"UTStarcom firmly believes in the future of 3G CDMA and we are pleased to work with Qualcomm to help grow the worldwide 3G CDMA market," said VP of business development and strategy at UTStarcom Taher Behbehani. "This license agreement broadens UTStarcom's global wireless position, complements our existing 3G products and technologies, and opens up an attractive suite of applications that are synergistic with our Personal Access System (PAS) services in high-growth, developing worldwide markets," he added.

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