Friday, 8 August 2008

Qualcomm and HuaQin Sign CDMA2000 Subscriber Unit License Agreement

Qualcomm and Shanghai HuaQin Telecomhave entered into a subscriber unit license agreement that will see Qualcomm grant a worldwide license under its patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell CDMA2000 subscriber units and modem cards, including Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Assemblies for sale to other device suppliers.

The royalties payable by HuaQin are at Qualcomm’s standard rates.

“The development of the CDMA wireless industry in China is providing a great deal of growth opportunities to local companies and operators,” said Marvin Blecker, president of Qualcomm Technology Licensing.

“This license agreement with HuaQin…will enable them to introduce advanced 3G CDMA2000 products into the growing CDMA market in China, thereby fulfilling HuaQin’s goal of offering the most efficient, high-quality phones to their customers.”

Shanghai HuaQin Telecom technology Co. Ltd, a high technology company, specializes in researching and developing mobile ultimate products. HuaQin provide its clients with products and technology and offers them the most efficient service with high quality.

“HuaQin is excited by the opportunities made available by Qualcomm’s 3G CDMA technology and will apply our resources to quickly begin offering advanced 3G CDMA2000 products to our customers,” said Wensheng Qiu, president of HuaQin.

“The license from Qualcomm… will allow us to offer our customers devices with increased capabilities and high data rates while bringing down consumer prices.”