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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2007
3GSM launches point to handset trend
Report concludes that W-Edge has emerged as the de facto standard for new handsets, as exemplified by the blizzard of new W-Edge transceivers announced at 3GSM 07.
According to the Strategy Analytics report: "New transceivers at 3GSM 07 mark the ascendance of W-Edge", W-Edge has emerged as the de facto standard for new handsets, as exemplified by the blizzard of new W-Edge transceivers announced at 3GSM 07 New transceivers for W-Edge announced by component suppliers at 3GSM 07 ranged from small, highly integrated two-transceiver solutions to completely integrated baseband-transceiver SoCs (systems on chip)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Christopher Taylor, Director, RF and Wireless Components for Strategy Analytics: "Transceiver makers have aggressively embraced multiband W-Edge, a move that, until recently, they had considered with trepidation given the uncertainties of the market and the technical challenges".
W-Edge handsets can operate across multiple regions by supporting W-CDMA, Edge and legacy GSM and GPRS modes.
Stephen Entwistle, VP of the Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice, adds: "The complexity of new radio components for W-Edge handsets has pushed the leading suppliers into two camps, those that specialise in power amplifiers bundled with transceivers as an optimised solution, and those that offer ultracompact, multiband transceivers and matching basebands fabricated with the latest CMOS technology".
"Playing in this market has gotten more challenging with W-Edge, especially for smaller players that lack system expertise".
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