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One Chip For All Your Wireless Needs

Posted by Hemos on from the i-want-one-my-head dept.

shaar writes "Motorola has introduced another neat wireless chip. It seems this new chip would get us all closer to the all-in-one gadget no matter where you are. From the press release blurb: 'The chip conforms to the Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN), and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) standards and also supports satellite-based products.' "

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  1. The point by JPMH · · Score: 3
    It's for mobile phones.

    It means that whatever the local standard, the phone can connect. Previously the 4 incompatible standards in the US have been a big stumbling block to uptake.

    Intercompatibility also makes it easier for networks to upgrade to newer, more efficient standards; and for the mega-networks to take over and integrate small independent local networks using different technology. TDMA/GSM interoperability is a big deal in the ATT/BT cooperation.