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Qualcomm Partners For Streaming Audio
By Susan Rush
June 24, 2004
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Qualcomm is arming itself to deliver 3D audio quality to multimedia wireless devices, thanks to a new licensing deal it has forced with QSound. Qualcomm plans to integrate QSound's technology into select Mobile Station Modem chipsets.

Specifically, Qualcomm has licensed QSound's Q3D and QXpander audio enhancers, which are designed to create a 3D audio effect with just a headset or two speakers. The Q3D technology will be used to control the position of the virtual sound sources in the space around the listener's head, while the QXpander technology will be used to simulate a wider sound-scape to make the speakers seem larger and farther apart than they actually are, Qualcomm said.

The partnership will enable the delivery of 3D sound effects to be delivered to cell phones. "Qualcomm's collaboration with Qsound will enhance the quality of streaming audio, music playback, ringtones and online gaming services for a superior listening and enhanced multimedia experience," Luis Pineda, vice president of marketing and product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said in a statement.

Qualcomm is looking to debut the integrated chipsets in the fourth quarter of this year. The first chipset on the market will be the MSM6550, according to Qualcomm.

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