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Samsung ships 3G phones with Broadcom chips
By Colleen Taylor, Contributing Editor -- Electronic News, 10/8/2007
In a decisive step toward the future of 3G technology, communications chip maker Broadcom Corp. announced today that Samsung Electronics has included Broadcom's 3G cellular solutions for a new series of Samsung mobile handsets that are now available.
This does not mark the first collaboration between the twocompanies: Broadcom launched its first generation 3G cellular basebandtechnology with Samsung over a year ago with the SGH-Z220. Thecompanies said today that the new Samsung 3G mobile phones are nowshipping to leading cellular operators in multiple countries in Europe,Asia, Africa, Australia and elsewhere.
Samsung's new SGH-J750 and SGH-A401 3G phones include the BCM2133EDGE baseband processor, the BCM2141 WCDMA co-processor, the BCM2045Bluetooth transceiver and the BCM59001 power management unit (PMU). Thephones boast Web-surfing abilities, camera support, video download andplayback, and stereo MP3 player capabilities, along with better batteryperformance, the companies said. More Broadcom/Samsung 3G products areset to debut for sales in Christmas season 2007, the companies said.
"Broadcom is a capable and valued partner for Samsung and as the 3Gmarket grows very rapidly, we expect that our relationship will becomemore successful in the future," JK Shin, executive VP of Samsung'stelecommunications network business, said in a statement. "These newhandsets demonstrate the close collaboration of our companies inbringing affordable and exciting 3G mobile devices to market, andhighlight our confidence in Broadcom cellular technology."
The companies partially have a U.S. district court to thank for the debut of the new phones. In February, a court ruling cleared the way forSamsung to continue using Broadcom's chips in 3G WCDMA-based handsetswithout the threat of patent infringement claims by rival chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. |
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