Samsung Electronics to Export 3G WCDMA System Hardware

ASIA : Samsung Electronics has become Korea's first corporation to export system hardware for wideband CDMA, a third-generation mobile communications technology platform. On July 11, company officials announced the closing of a supply contract with Taiwanese 3G mobile communications operator, Vibo.

Global sales of WCDMA systems have been dominated by European manufacturers, but now Samsung has succeeded in entering the overseas market.

Samsung Electronics will supply WCDMA systems to Vibo, which is scheduled to launch commercial service at the end of this year. Samsung's WCDMA system for Vibotel applies HSDPA, allowing easy migration when Vibotel starts HSDPA service.

"Our successful debut in the WCDMA system market serves as an opportunity for us to advance into other overseas markets and achieve a balanced development of the conventional and 3G CDMA businesses," said a Samsung Electronics official.

Early this year, Vibo decided to launch WCDMA service in the 2.1GHz band and has been preparing for launch ever since.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2004 parent company sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3 billion. Employing approximately 113,000 people in over 90 offices in 48 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business.