QUALCOMM INC. & MICROSOFT CORP. TO DEVELOP SMART PHONE - PALM TECHNOLOGY.Microsoft Corp. has announced an alliance with San Diego-based Qualcomm, Inc., to develop smart phones based on the Microsoft Mobile Explorer wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. platform and wireless pocket PCs using Qualcomm's 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. This will represent a further step in Microsoft's efforts at broadening its Web reach beyond the PC to allow interaction with the Internet through mobile phones and palm size computers. Qualcomm is a mobile phone technology company and its CDMA technology is a likely foundation for the joint development of more sophisticated mobile devices and services. Microsoft's Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. demonstrated the new wireless Web service which it is offering called MSN Mobile MSN Mobile includes mobile information and communications services for mobile devices from Microsoft as part of their MSN and Windows Live range of services. Many MSN sites can be directly accessed from mobile devices. 2.0 at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. in New Orleans last week. The new service will allow wireless users to send and receive e-mail, and effectively use other consumer oriented services. The new service is expected to be launched in April 2000. |
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