CommQuest Offers Comprehensive Handset OEM Development Kits for GSM and AMPS; First-Ever OEM Development Kits Lower Development Costs and Technical Barriers to Cellular Markets Entry.ENCINITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1997--CommQuest Technologies Inc. is now offering the first-ever OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Development Kits for accelerated cellular handset development. The OEM Development Kits, one for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. and one for AMPS, consist of all the pieces necessary to develop a cellular handset. Each kit includes the company's highly integrated "Total System Solution" chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). , a Reference/Evaluation Board, system tested reference designs, complete software package, and a comprehensive manufacturing test tool set. "We are giving OEM handset design engineers all the tools they need to reduce their development effort and to fully evaluate the capability of our total system solution chipsets and software," said Dr. Hussein El-Ghoroury, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CommQuest. "Handset OEMs now have an accelerated path to market and shorter 'Time-to-Money'(TM). By providing a one-stop-shop, CommQuest enables customers to quickly develop competitive cellular handsets with minimum investment and shorter development cycles." The "Total System Solution" chipsets, based on CommQuest's patented Communications Application Specific Processor (CASP CASP California Anti-SLAPP Project CASP Critical Appraisal Skills Programme CASP Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention CASP California Association of School Psychologists CASP Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (South Africa) )(TM) architecture and a unique one-bit signal sampling technique, perform all the communication functions from the audio/data interface to the radio front-end. The Reference/Evaluation Board implements the complete handset functionality and enables OEMs to evaluate the performance of the chipset. Most important, it provides a development and test environment capability for implementation and verification of customer-unique features while the OEM engineers are developing their internal handset board(s). "The reference designs include the schematics, parts list, and layout drawings Layout drawing A design drawing or graphical statement of the overall form of a component or device, which is usually prepared during the innovative stages of a design. of the system-tested Reference/Evaluation Board. These drawings enable OEM designers to focus on the handset industrial designs and manufacturing process, and quickly develop chipsets and software," said El-Ghoroury, chairman and CEO of production-ready, handset printed circuit board(s) that fit the final handset form factors. "The software package includes type-approved protocol software, chipsets and software," said El-Ghoroury, chairman and CEO of reference application layer software, and test utilities software. Also included in the package are PC-based software tools that enable customization of the user/system interface software. The manufacturing test tool set consists of a production test software and a test set up environment that form the basis for customers to define and implement their handset manufacturing test plan. Recognizing the need for product customization, CommQuest has incorporated flexibility in the tool set to accommodate areas that are likely to differ from handset to handset, such as display and keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. testing. The tool set will significantly reduce the time required for an OEM to produce a reliable and efficient manufacturing test process. In addition to the OEM Development Kits, CommQuest offers extensive test support, and type approval plans and procedures to facilitate the OEM system integration, test, and type approval process. CommQuest, founded in March 1991, is located north of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , at the hub of one of the most world's most renowned wireless communities. CommQuest specializes in developing innovative "Total System Solution" chipsets for a wide range of digital communication applications. CommQuest's products are based on its patented Communication Application Specific Processor (CASP)(TM) architecture, a unique 1-bit analog/digital conversion technique, and a proprietary library of logic elements called CommSyntax(R). Current products include highly integrated GSM and AMPS "Total System Solution" chipsets for cellular and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. applications, a receiver/decoder chip for DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. applications, and a wide variety of high performance SATCOM (SATellite COMmunication) Refers to the field of communications via satellite. modems. CONTACT: CommQuest Technologies, Inc. Richard Sfeir, 760/633-1618 sfeir@cqt.com or McQuerter Group Aaron Heinrich, 619/450-0030 aaron@mcqtr.com |
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