Qualcomm CDMA Technologies to Collaborate with Gemplus for R-UIM-Enabled CDMA Solutions - Brief Article

Wireless Internet, Sept, 2001

Qualcomm announced an agreement with Gemplus, a provider of smart card-based solutions, to roll out hardware and software system solutions to ensure that cdmaOne an CDMA2000 1x handset manufacturers can support complete removable user identity module (R-UIM) capabilities designed around the Gemplus GemXplore WORLD product.

Targeted for the Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT) Mobile Station Modem (MSM) family of cdmaOne and CDMA2000 1x integrated circuits, including the MSM5105, MSM5100, MSM5500 integrated circuits, and subsequent MSM6xxx CDMA2000 1x integrated circuits, the Gemplus R-UIM solution will support roaming services and value-added service capabilities across cdmaOne and CDMA2000 1x and global system for mobile communications networks. Ensuring qualification for functionality and interoperability based on the IS-820 CDMA SIM card standard, QCT's R-UIM solutions can be rolled out to interoperate around Gemplus's R-UIM smart card products and will enable operators to launch a suite of subscriber identity module (SIM) card-based, value-added services and roaming capabilities to their subscribers.

This system offering provides cdmaOne and CDMA2000 1x handset manufacturers with a comprehensive solution that allows a subscriber's identity to be stored in a single removable card - a capability that is mandatory for the Chinese wireless market - making global roaming to countries using different frequencies or across CDMA or GSM networks easier by allowing subscribers to exchange handsets while using the same card to maintain all of their personal information, including network settings, privileges, preferences, phone books, and more.