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Qualcomm Takes Codec for 3GPP Chipset

12th May , 2004

US : Thin multimedia announced that QUALCOMM Incorporated has selected thin multimedia, inc.'s H.264 codec to be ported onto and integrated into QUALCOMM's video solution, for the MSM6500 and MSM6250 chipsets.

QUALCOMM's player is a feature-rich software video decoder that enables mobile devices to stream, download and play back multimedia content; it is at the heart of many mobile multimedia applications, including streaming video-on-demand (VOD); streaming audio-on-demand (AOD); mobile viewing of real-time content (live cameras); and playback of video based multimedia messages. is a fully compliant standards-based (3GPP/3GPP2) MPEG-4/H.263 and now H.264 software solution. With a multitude of features and functions, it also supports standard audio: QCELP, EVRC, AMR and MPEG-4 AAC and aacPlus.

tmi is a world leader for mobile multimedia technology. H.264 is one of tmi's newest video products and it is purely software-based. It achieves the highest performance and quality in the industry and therefore, enables video services to be possible with any mobile device on any wireless network. tmi launched the world's first commercial video service in July 2001 on a CDMA2000 1X network. With the H.264, tmi also provides professional authoring tools for contents providers and error-resilient streaming server software for service providers.

"QUALCOMM is dedicated to providing the most advanced and cost effective mobile chipset solutions. After a rigorous benchmarking of various H.264 codecs, we chose tmi's H.264 codec for its technical superiority and performance," said Luis Pineda, vice president of marketing and product management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "Having the H.264 codec embedded into QUALCOMM's Qtv video solution offers an enriched user experience and eliminates the need for expensive multimedia processors and memory subsystems in multimedia mobile devices."

"H.264 is one of the most advanced video coding standards available today, QUALCOMM's selection of tmi's H.264 codec for its current version of proves tmi's technological leadership. We will continue to provide innovation and excellence for multimedia solutions for mobile consumers," said Dale Park, president of tmi. "With the H.264, mobile video becomes more attractive and affordable, and QUALCOMM's adoption is a step forward to realizing visual entertainment and communication in wireless networks."
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