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Live call provides proof of the 3G pudding

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Feb 21, 2003

Motorola has been buoyed by the industry's first live over the air call of its fully integrated wireless handset platform.

Motorola has been buoyed by the industry's first live over the air call of its fully integrated wireless handset platform.

The milestone was achieved less than a year after the company announced its intent to supply handset designers and manufacturers with a complete silicon-to-software platform solution.

The i.300, Motorola's Innovative Convergence platform for 3G, is being sampled with two of the world's leading handset producers, Munich-based Siemens Information (IC Mobile) and Motorola's Personal Communications Sector (PCS).

The platform is based on the second generation of an integrated 3G chipset.

The i.300 platform shaves months off of development and integration time allowing manufacturers to build devices at lower costs.

The platform approach to 3G development reduces system integration costs and enables manufacturers and designers to focus on application software and customizing the user experience.

Motorola's early success in gaining customer momentum and achieving the industry's first call on a 3G totally integrated wireless platform is the result of more than five years of development and testing.

The i.300 features imaging and video, as well as voice and data capability.

"Most mobile phone manufacturers, until now, have needed considerable wireless and other communications expertise.

The advent of mobile phone platforms that offer a complete system solution allows players with general electronic and consumer marketing experience to enter the market.

It also allows existing players to tackle the more advanced 2.5G and 3G phone products", said Alan Brown, principal analyst, with Gartner Dataquest in a recent report.