UTStarcom supplied its IP-based wireless softswitch technology to QUALCOMM for use in the recent in-flight voice communications proof of concept test onboard an American Airlines commercial aircraft. Through the use of an in-cabin, third-generation picocell network developed by QUALCOMM, passengers on the proof of concept flight were able to place and receive voice calls and text messages. UTStarcom’s MovingMedia 2000 wireless softswitch solution enabled passengers using commercially available CDMA mobile phones to connect to the worldwide terrestrial phone network through an air-to-ground Globalstar satellite link.
UTStarcom’s MovingMedia 2000 is a full-featured, wireless softswitch solution that converges voice, data and multimedia applications, as well as signaling over a packet-based network. It supports 3GPP R99/R4 GSM/UMTS, 3GPP2 CDMA2000 1X and SIP-based networks. http://www.utstar.com
- In March, UTStarcom and QUALCOMM announced a commercial CDMA subscriber unit and infrastructure license agreement that granted UTStarcom an intellectual property license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber and infrastructure equipment for use in CDMA2000, WCDMA (UMTS) and TD-SCDMA systems.