Samsung, NXP Semiconductors and T3G Technologies just announced the world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi-mode mobile phone.
Samsung SGH-T578H uses a software-defined modem, which is capable to achieve data transfer rates of 2.8Mbps. That’s about 20 times faster transfers than GPRS, which should prove great when transferring personal files, music or even videos. The performance makes it possible to download a song or video in just a few seconds, bringing the performance close to that of 3G technology.
The TD-SCDMA network is now expanding in China and will be upgraded for HSDPA support next year. This should make it possible to receive all the benefits of Samsung’s new SGH-T578H mobile phone and progress towards current W-CDMA capabilities.
“The China 3G subscription is expected to grow rapidly. By realizing 3.5G capabilities on Samsung’s SGH-T578H, NXP is driving the commercialization and adoption of next-generation wireless technologies – not only for China’s TD-SCDMA standard, but also proving successful our EVP-based software-defined radio approach”, said Marc Cetto, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Mobile & Personal Business Unit at NXP Semiconductors.
The T3G7210 system solution uses the world’s first 2.8Mbps HSDPA modem and also brings quad-band EDGE and dual-band TD-SCDMA.
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