ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies said it has available a fully type-approved GSM solution for wireless handset manufacturers that meets the handset design requirements set by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
The handset manufacturing solution is designed to reduce development cycles and accelerate market entry for manufacturers of Global System for Mobile communications handsets.
“This is the type of solution that will enable a new class of entrants into the wireless market and reshape the competition in the wireless industry,” said Dale Ford, principal analyst at DataQuest.
CommQuest Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM Corp., designs chipsets and software as part of its Total System Solution, which includes everything an original equipment manufacturer needs to build a GSM phone, said CommQuest, including radio-frequency and baseband hardware, integrated software, test support, a certified reference design and now a type handset design.
