The World's First TD-SCDMA Handheld Call Demonstrated

In an important step of their collaboration, RTX Telecom and PRISMA Engineering have tested their TD-SCDMA 3G terminal against a live network. The phone is a handheld and battery operated device with voice and data capabilities and a multi-media capable user interface. Thus it is ideal to demonstrate the 3G services that the TD-SCDMA networks will offer their future users.

In October 2002, the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry announced China's mobile telecom frequency plan, where a wide frequency range has been allocated to TD-SCDMA systems. All the leading telecom manufacturers are now looking for solutions that can enable them to quickly market commercial TD-SCDMA products. PRISMA Engineering and RTX Telecom have developed a unique mix of know-how and technical achievements in this specific field and can thus help manufacturers to make a timely start in this huge market thanks to their ready-made hardware and software designs and advanced test solutions.

CEO Jorgen Elbaek, RTX Telecom, comments: "This is a very important milestone towards our goal to enable our customers to mass produce the first TD-SCDMA phone by mid 2004. We have now demonstrated that the TD-SCDMA technology is mature for the mass market and that the timeframe is realistic."

TD-SCDMA stands for Time Division - Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access. TD-SCDMA is a third generation mobile telephony standard developed by CATT (China Academy of Telecommunications Technology) in collaboration with Datang and Siemens. China is expected to make a final decision on the standard during 2003."

Posted to the site on 30th July 2003