Agilent Technologies Receives "Supplier of the Year" Award from QUALCOMM.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) has received the prestigious "Non-Production Supplier of the Year" award from QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM QCOM Qualcomm, Inc. (stock symbol) ), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. ) digital wireless technology. Agilent was honored for its forward-thinking initiative that resulted in a strategic alliance with QUALCOMM and for its solutions in helping meet the challenging and rigorous characterization and production test requirements for QUALCOMM's Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC RFIC Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit RFIC Radio Frequency Interface Chip ) chipset products. "QUALCOMM's ability to supply innovative, on-time solutions to the CDMA industry has been complemented by our partnership with Agilent," said Johan Lodenius, senior vice president of marketing and product management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "Agilent's expertise and first-class test solutions have helped us continue to produce the superior products and services for which QUALCOMM is recognized." The alliance formed with QUALCOMM in late 1999 has allowed the two companies to partner in developing and delivering production test solutions for Radio Frequency (RF) wireless chipsets. According to QUALCOMM, the alliance with Agilent may result in significant reductions in cost-of-test and cost-of-ownership and improve time-to-market. About Agilent's Semiconductor Test Solutions Agilent is a global supplier of semiconductor test solutions that revolutionize production test. Solutions include the Agilent 93000 SOC Series for testing System-on-a-Chip integrated circuits, the Agilent 95000 HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. series for testing high speed memories, the Agilent 84000 RFIC Series for testing radio frequency and millimeter wave integrated circuits, and the Agilent 4070 Parametric Test Series for validating the semiconductor manufacturing process. Information about Agilent's semiconductor test solutions and other related products can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com/go/semiconductor. About QUALCOMM 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. The Company's major businesses include integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS and OmniExpress. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2000 FORTUNE 500 company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors QCOM. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With approximately 43,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. In fiscal year 1999, the businesses comprising Agilent, then a subsidiary of HP, had net revenue of more than $8.3 billion. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com |
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