Qualcomm just keeps pumping out mobile chipsets like they’re going out of style. Following on their recently announced Snapdragon chip, 45-nm 3G chip, and the recently announced dual-mode 3G chip technology, Qualcomm has unveiled their newest 3G technology with the soon-to-be-opened 700Mhz frequency spectrum. It’s widely understood that the upcoming 700Mhz spectrum auction by the FCC will give rise to mobile broadband services with better range, and so Qualcomm is preparing for the 700Mhz mobile broadband environment.
The new chip, RTR6570, will support both GSM and CDMA-based 3G technologies on the 700Mhz band – which is to say that Qualcomm’s RTR6570 3G chip will be able to surf EVDO, HSPA, and UMTS networks. And, let’s not forget to mention the 6570’s compatibility with all other 3G network frequencies – 850Mhz, 2100Mhz, and soon to be 1700Mhz (T-Mobile, we’re looking at you) for HSPA and UMTS (GSM) networks and 1900Mhz on all EVDO (CDMA) networks.
Samples of Qualcomm’s RTR6075 should start shipping in mid-2008, with production versions getting packed into 700Mhz-compatible 3G handsets by 2009 – just in time to hit Verizon’s open, “any app, any device,” network.
Qualcomm could be helping to usher in an age of true interoperability in the US wireless landscape, and we’re seriously ready to accept an open-market with open hands.
[Via: Electronista]