Excel and QUALCOMM enter strategic relationship.SAGAMORE sag·a·more n. A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America. [Eastern Abenaki s  BEACH, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Feb. 1, 1995 -- Excel Inc. announced today the establishment of a supply relationship with QUALCOMM Inc. The announcement is made following Excel's recent launch of their new strategic Developers' Program, including key developers, systems integrators and OEMs. The relationship establishes a program to use Excel's programmable switching platforms and QUALCOMM's CDMA-based wireless technology to support a variety of wireless applications including cellular services, Personal Communications Services See PCS. (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. ) and wireless local loop. These applications represent the fastest-growing segments of the wireless industry today. QUALCOMM, a San Diego-based corporation, is considered a leader in wireless communications. Their commitment to 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. ) technology helped to establish CDMA as a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. digital cellular standard. Dr. Ron Forester, senior vice president of wireless infrastructure products for QUALCOMM's Wireless Telecom Division, said of the relationship, "We evaluate the available switching platforms for our wireless solutions and chose Excel's distributed switching architecture. Excel's products are capable of supporting a wide range of switching configurations, and the company is young and dynamic in its growth. We are pleased with this new strategic relationship." Excel says the agreement confirms and advances their market strategy. "QUALCOMM is representative of the strategic relationships we are socking to build," said Bob Madonna, president of Excel. "The company is the forerunner in CDMA technology. A relationship with QUALCOMM enables Excel to continue focusing on our strengths, that of designing open switching systems, while benefiting from QUALCOMM's capabilities in wireless communications. They will be providing the enable software and services that result in a system architecture that meets the real and growing needs of our marketplace. With the new Excel Developer's Program, we intend to capitalize on the strengths of both companies to advance our products into the marketplace." Excel designs and manufacturers a family of programmable switches, including the 512-port PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. , operating in a PC chassis thus enabling a "solution in a box"; the 2,048-port LNX LNX Linux (operating system) LNX Links , a high-performance switching platform with a form/factor designed for easy deployment, and the just-announced EXS EXS Expandable Switching System (Lucent) EXS Executed Schedule , a distributed switching architecture that enables multiple PCS and LNX switches, as well as other telecom and voice resources, to be distributed over a high bandwidth fiber-optic network, supporting up to 16,000 non-blocking ports. About Excel Inc. Excel Inc. designs, manufactures, markets and supports a family of open architecture, programmable switching systems used in a wide variety of telecommunications applications, including Advanced Intelligent Networks (AIN), Personal Communications Services and Networks (PCS/PCN), wireless local loop, wireless base stations, global wireless deployments, a wide variety of enhanced services, long distance services and applications, call center and service bureau operations. The company markets its products primarily to OEMs, systems integrators, application developers and service providers, for deployment worldwide. Founded in 1988, Excel is based in Sagamore Beach, Mass. About QUALCOMM Inc. Headquartered in San Diego, QUALCOMM develop, manufactures, markets, licenses and operates advanced communications systems and products based on its proprietary digital wireless technologies. The company's primary product areas are the OmniTRAC system (a geostationary Aligned with the earth. Refers to satellites (GEOs) that travel at the same rotational speed as the earth (they are geosynchronous) and are always the same distance from the earth. See GEO. satellite-based, mobile communications systems providing two-way data and position reporting services), CDMA wireless communications systems and products and, in conjunction with others, the development of the GLOBALSTAR low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communications system. Other company products include the Eudora by QUALCOMM electronic mail software, VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. components and communications equipments. -0- OmniTRAC is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Inc. GLOBALSTAR is a trademark of Globalstar, L.P. Eudora is a registered trademark of the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
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