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QUALCOMM and SOMA Partner on Wireless Technologies and Equipment
TMCnet Contributing Editor
QUALCOMM Inc. and SOMA Networks, Inc. have signed worldwide subscriber and infrastructure equipment license agreements. QUALCOMM has granted SOMA a patent license to develop, manufacture and cell its OFDM/OFDMA subscriber units, model cards and infrastructure equipment through the agreement.
QUALCOMM is a developer and innovator of CDMA and other wireless technologies, while SOMA provides last-mile broadband WiMAX access technologies. SOMA offers communications providers its SoftAir Wireless System, an all-IP Multimedia Applications Platform that includes base stations and non-line-of-sight subscriber gateways. It combines WiMAX standards with advanced antenna technologies, distributed computing, IP and VoIP delivery.
“QUALCOMM is pleased to welcome SOMA Networks as the first licensee of our OFDM/OFDMA patent portfolio for use in non-CDMA subscriber and infrastructure equipment," said Marvin Blecker, president of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing. "The OFDM/OFDMA agreements demonstrate the acknowledged applicability and value of QUALCOMM's patent portfolio and reinforce QUALCOMM's position as a leader in consistently developing and licensing advanced wireless technologies that meet the needs of its partners and the industry."
"The market for broadband wireless is global and growing quickly, and SOMA Networks already has among the largest customer deployments of broadband wireless systems in the market," said Yatish Pathak, chief executive officer of SOMA Networks. "Future-proofing our solution has always been key to protecting our customers' investments, especially given evolving wireless standards. Therefore, as a principal member of the WiMAX Forum it is crucial that SOMA Networks guarantees our customers that we have rights to key patents essential for OFDMA standards. By expanding our agreement with QUALCOMM, we ensure that we have clear rights to use QUALCOMM's intellectual property within our recently announced SoftAir FlexMAX solution. SOMA Networks offers an end-to-end wireless solution that provides multi-megabit broadband, wireline reliability and VoIP flexibility, and native support for feature-rich applications. With the SOMA solution, service providers can quickly and profitably roll out extensive service offerings for the residential and small office markets."
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Laura Stotler writes about IP Communications and related topics for TMCnet. She has covered VoIP and related technologies for seven years, contributing to Internet Telephony magazine and TMCnet, and as a freelance writer. To see more articles, please visit: Laura Stotler’s columnist page.
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