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Qualcomm dials European code

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US firm Qualcomm has made a major move into the European mobile phone market following a deal with Siemens Comms.

"Siemens is our first main customer from Europe," said Enrico Salvatore, v-p, Europe operations, Qualcomm. "Our presence in Europe was based on customers from Korea and Japan, such as Sanyo, Samsung and LG."

Siemens will build handsets using Qualcomm's MSM chipsets, starting with the MSM6250 chip which supports GSM, GPRS and W-CDMA.

Salvatore said the company was offering a complete roadmap evolution for its chips which will include EDGE and HSDPA support.

Qualcomm is hopeful this agreement will lead onto other things. "We want to emphasise this agreement with Siemens is not limited to the European arena," said Salvatore. "We consider this an opportunity for both companies to get opportunities from other markets."

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