Has Qualcomm Admitted It's A GSM World?
This article is about the inevitable wireless carrier consolidation that will happen sometime after the spectrum caps are eliminated in 2003. No real new info on that front. But what is interesting is this quote from John Lodenius, SVP of Marketing for Qualcomm, "We're developing chips with both CDMA 1x and GPRS in the same chip. From a technology perspective, we can support any combination of carriers[.] Whatever consolidation the carriers end up in, we'll have solutions." Seems the GSM/CDMA cold war is over and Qualcomm is admitting that GSM has won.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
