SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. announced they will participate in a trial of Code Division Multiple Access data technologies for information services with Lucent Technologies Inc. and 3Com.
The companies will test new CDMA data technologies and evaluate CDMA data-capable phones, information appliances and applications. The trial will begin with a validation of a fast wireless Internet access technology, Quick Net Connect, was jointly developed by Qualcomm and 3Com and delivered by Lucent’s CDMA infrastructure. QNC technology has the potential to provide faster, more reliable wireless Internet connections with data rates of 14.4 kbps, said Qualcomm. The companies expect to begin the trial within a month and continue testing throughout 1998.
“Qualcomm is aggressively supporting our customers to expedite the trials of their wireless data systems,” said James B. DeBello, vice president and general manager of Qualcomm’s Eudora division. “As CDMA digital data services roll out over the next year, consumers will be able to take advantage of quick wireless data communications to easily access the information they use most every day.”
