QUALCOMM and Telit Communications Sign WCDMA Modem Card License Agreement

QUALCOMM and Telit Communications announced that they have entered into a commercial WCDMA modem card license agreement. The agreement affects the wireless solutions business unit of Telit. Under the terms of the agreement, QUALCOMM has granted Telit a worldwide license under its CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell 3G WCDMA modem cards.

"QUALCOMM welcomes Telit, a prominent European supplier of cellular machine-to-machine technology and wireless products, as a licensee of our patent portfolio for the manufacture and sale of WCDMA modem cards and embedded modules," said Marvin Blecker, president of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing. "With 3G WCDMA, Telit can now offer high speed M2M wireless broadband data services to consumers and business professionals at anytime, anywhere they are."

"There is an increased momentum toward WCDMA and a transition to 3G mobile services in Europe and worldwide," said Yossi Moscovitz, CTO, Telit Communications PLC. "Telit is looking forward to expanding its product offering to include 3G WCDMA modem cards and to offer its customers advanced wireless communications solutions through our diverse product portfolio. The cooperation with QUALCOMM is a further milestone on our way to implementing our global market strategy."

Telit is an international mobile communications specialist. The wireless solutions business unit develops, produces and sells GSM/GPRS and CDMA modules for machine-to-machine communication. Telit sells its modules worldwide via sales offices in Asia, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. Telit's key target customers are system integrators who develop various machine-to-machine applications and require the communication modules needed to do this.

QUALCOMM is a developer of digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies, with headquarters in San Diego, California.