Ericsson Enters France Telecom's Turbo Codes Licensing Program for 3G.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. & SAN DIEGO -- France Telecom (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FTE), a world leading communications carrier and innovator through its research and development group, and Ericsson (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ERICY), an industry leading vendor, enabling mass market adoption of 3G solutions worldwide, have entered into a patent license agreement under France Telecom's Turbo Codes Licensing Program. Under terms of the agreement France Telecom has granted Ericsson a worldwide license to France Telecom's seminal Turbo Codes patents for use in Ericsson's third generation (3G) mobile communications products encompassing WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that use the TDMA or GSM technology worldwide, including AT&T (formerly Cingular) and T-Mobile in the U.S. to HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. . Invented by Claude Berrou and Alain Glavieux of Ecole Nationale Surperieure des Telecommunications (ENST ENST Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (Paris, France) ) in Brittany, France, Turbo Codes have been adopted by the leading third generation (3G) cellular standards, 3GPP (UMTS/W-CDMA) and 3GPP2 (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. 2000), in order to provide previously unavailable error correction performance at commercially viable costs. According to industry analyst estimates 3G standards are expected to represent at least a third of all cellular users by 2009. Turbo Codes are an innovative form of forward error correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. (FEC), one of the fundamental building blocks of any type of digital communications with increases in network data capacity and power efficiencies close to the theoretical "Shannon limit." These advantages combined with increasing bandwidth demands and the maturity of Turbo Codes technology have led to their adoption in a wide array of commercially available and successful communications standards including: cellular (UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. , CDMA2000), satellite (DVB-RCS DVB-RCS Digital Video Broadcasting - Return Channel Via Satellite , CCSD), broadband wireless, and home powerline networking (HomePlugAV). The invention and inventors of Turbo Code have been widely recognized for this achievement with nominations and awards ranging from nominee for European Inventor of the Year The European Inventor of the Year awards are presented annually by the European Patent Office and the European Commission's DG Enterprise and Industry to inventors who have made a significant contribution to innovation in Europe. 2006, to the award of the 2005 Marconi Prize, and recipients of the 1998 IEEE (Information Theory) Golden Jubilee Award. "This agreement signifies our continuing progress with the Turbo Code Licensing Program and our efforts to provide this commercially successful and cost effective technology to 3G market leaders," said Mustapha Tagredj, Patent Licensing Director for France Telecom. "As such, we are pleased to welcome Ericsson, a company shaping the future of mobile and broadband communications as the latest entrant to our Turbo Codes Licensing Program." France Telecom is committed to making the benefits of Turbo Codes available to customers implementing a variety of digital communication solutions as well as those customers implementing 3G compliant technology for which France Telecom's patents are considered essential. In order to facilitate this process France Telecom established the Turbo Codes Licensing Program (TCLP) in late 2001. Since that time over thirty (30) licensees have secured access to Turbo Codes technology under the TCLP through France Telecom working with its licensing agent, Spectra Licensing Group. The list of worldwide licensees ranges from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies which have provided over 100 million Turbo Codes enabled products, thus making Turbo Codes the most widespread iterative coding technology in the world. For more information regarding the Turbo Codes Licensing Program, please visit France Telecom R&D at www.francetelecom.com/en/group/rd/offer/brevets/programmes/ licensprog.html. 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By 2008, its customers will have access to a universe of enhanced and simplified communications services notably through the Orange brand. Number two mobile operator and provider of internet services in Europe and amongst the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multi-national companies, France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges. http://www.francetelecom.com/en/groupe/rd |
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