Siemens Selects Qualcomm

SAN DIEGO -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced that Siemens Communications, the telecommunications group within Siemens AG, will build a range of wireless multimedia handsets based on chipsets from QUALCOMM's WCDMA (UMTS) Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) portfolio.

"Siemens has a long tradition of providing high quality products, and our selection of QUALCOMM's chipsets will enable us to continue that tradition," said Thorsten Heins, Member of the Board of Siemens Communications. "QUALCOMM's WCDMA (UMTS) product portfolio provides us with the ability to create multiple products across varied market segments while reducing development costs."

"This agreement is another endorsement of the quality achieved by the rigorous end-to-end modem and applications testing that QUALCOMM is known for in the industry," said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "We've developed a long-term WCDMA (UMTS) strategy that expands our portfolio to include EDGE, HSDPA and Enhanced Uplink -- providing our customers with solutions that achieve their short- and long-term goals."

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