KDDI to Develop Integrated Platform for Mobile Phones; Accelerates Response to EV-DO Rev.A.Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - KDDI, in collaboration with Qualcomm, Inc., has decided to develop an integrated platform for mobile phones and, in the uniform development of basic software for mobile phones, to encourage commonality among mobile phone manufacturers. The Company aims to strengthen its cost competitiveness in the development of mobile phones, an industry characterized by the continuous advancement and ever-increasing complexity of its software. In the development of basic applications for mobile Internet, such as browsers and mailers, for its au mobile phones, KDDI conventionally attained commonality of software among various models through the KDDI Common Platform (KCP KCP Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan KCP Khmer Citizen Party (Cambodia) KCP Kingston Computer Planet KCP knurling cup point (fasteners) KCP Kernel Control Path ), using Qualcomm's MSM MSM - Micronetics Standard MUMPS (TM) chip set and BREW(R) as its base. The new integrated platform is not limited to basic applications, but expands the range of commonality for mobile phone software to almost all areas, including OS and middleware. In addition, KDDI will provide the integrated platform to mobile phone manufacturers, contributing to a reduction in costs and development time. The platform's introduction will also allow mobile phone manufacturers to concentrate development resources on elements that distinguish phones from one another, such as design, user interface and mounted devices. The integrated platform employs the MSM7500(TM), a highly efficient single-chip LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. developed by Qualcomm, and is expected to significantly enhance multimedia functions while accelerating response to the EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. Rev. A, the latest wireless communications system. Based on its partnership with Qualcomm, KDDI is collaborating with Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and Toshiba Corporation on platform development, and will provide the platform to both existing and emerging mobile phone manufacturers. * 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. 1xEV-DO Rev.A: Standard that further improved and accelerated the "1xEV-DO system" for au's CDMA 1X WIN mobile phones, enabling data transmission speeds of 3.1 Mbps and 1.8 Mbps for downloads (base station to mobile phone) and uploads (mobile phone to base station), respectively. * BREW(R) and related trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Qualcomm, Inc. About KDDI Corporation KDDI (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9433) is a diversified telecommunication operator formed by the merger of DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. , KDD KDD Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (International Conference) KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan) KDD Key Distribution Device and IDO in 2000, and is the only domestic company that provides both mobile communication service and broadband service. The number of subscribers to the mobile phone services under the au and TuKa brands is over 25 million, and the number of fixed-line subscribers (MyLine) is approximately 7.2 million. The 73 KDDI group companies have more than 8,300 and turnover of 3.060 billion yen through March 2006. At KDDI, aggressive improvement of the communications environment in preparation for the coming ubiquitous network society is underway and KDDI is aiming to become a "ubiquitous solution company" that provides high value-added solutions. For more information, please visit www.kddi.com. Source: KDDI Corporation Contact: Sarah Hall Japan Corporate News, for KDDI Corporation +81-3-5791-1821 sarah@japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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