Com Dev to license Qualcomm's HDR technology for broadband wireless Internet system

Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, CA) and COM DEV International Ltd. (Cambridge, ON, Canada) have entered into a series of license and technology transfer agreements covering Qualcomm's High Data Rate (HDR) technology that will advance and support the development of COM DEV's new, mobile high-speed wireless Internet system. These multi-million dollar agreements include an HDR technical design transfer agreement and royalty-bearing licenses for HDR infrastructure equipment and CDMA modem cards.

As part of the agreement, Qualcomm will make an equity investment in Com Dev, which designs and manufactures wireless systems and subsystems for major global wireless, cellular telephone, and PCS system vendors worldwide. Qualcomm will provide for the transfer of certain HDR infrastructure designs, and Com Dev will have the rights to use HDR technology in base stations and mobile modem cards of its soon-to-be-launched high-speed wireless Internet system.

"Qualcomm's HDR technology will make Com Dev's high-speed wireless Internet system a viable wireless alternative to DSL and cable modem services," said Keith Ainsworth, president and CEO of COM DEV International. Com Dev recognizes the growing demand for wireless Internet services, and we are delighted to work with Qualcomm to fulfill that demand through CDMA."

Edited by Ellen Jensen
Managing Editor, Wireless Networks Online