Zyray licenses software technology for 3G chip set technology

Zyray licenses software technology for 3G chip set technology
By Semiconductor Business News
February 20, 2002 (8:36 p.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020220S0065

Berlin -- Condat AG here has sold a development license for its 2G/3G protocol stack software to Zyray Wireless Inc., a San Diego-based startup that is developing a chip set for cellular phones.

Berlin-based Condat will license its UMTS-enabled 2G/3G software to Zyray. The deal also calls for an option to upgrade to Condat's dual-mode UMTS and GSM/GPRS software stack.

"We are planning to integrate Condat's software into our GSM/GPRS and WCDMA dual-mode baseband chip set," said Werner Sievers, President and CEO of Zyray. Recently, Zyray announced its first product--Spinner, which is a baseband intellectual-property (IP) core and ASIC for WCDMA and GSM/GPRS applications.

"The Condat UMTS protocol stack reduces costs and time-to-market of [cellular phones and other products], states Pedro Schäffer, CEO of Condat. "By way of its Generic Target Interface (GTI), the Condat UMTS protocol stack is platform independent and can be ported on several different hardware platforms and real-time operating systems," he said.