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COPYRIGHT 2005 Crain Communications, Inc.
Byline: MIKE DANO
The W-CDMA race has just started, but chipset vendors from all corners of the industry are driving to play in the nascent but growing market.
Already, industry heavyweights Texas Instruments Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and others have vaulted into the space. Although sales have been relatively sluggish to date, the market's long-term potential is massive. Incumbent chip vendors see an opportunity to shore up their positions, while startups believe the transition to 3G represents an opening for newer blood.
So far, W-CDMA handset sales represent a relatively tiny portion of the overall mobile-phone industry. GSM phones continue to comprise the vast majority of worldwide handset sales; investment-banking firm UBS predicts...
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