ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced a new high-performance GPRS chipset and software platform designed for high-speed multimedia and entertainment applications, including real-time audio and video streaming, digital photo imaging, MP3 music capabilities, MPEG4 video playback and interactive games, for GSM-based mobile phones.
“Mobile-phone users have moved beyond standard voice communications to embrace such high-bandwidth data features as video downloads, music, digital photography, Internet access and electronic-commerce transactions,” said Luc Seraphin, vice president of Agere’s mobile terminals division. “Agere’s Sceptre HP hardware and software platform delivers both the superior processing power required for these high-speed applications and the field-proven performance that enables our customers to rapidly deploy new handset designs into the global market.”
Samples of the chipset and software are available this month, and Agere expects production quantities to be available by early 2004.
