Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, has formed Cellular Americas Research Division, which will develop and sell reference design kits for current and future generations of CDMA-based handsets. Venkat Bahl, CDMA systems sector marketing manager for Philips Semiconductors' Cellular Americas business line, said the product gives the company a new and competitive offering in the CDMA market. The company is hoping to make a comeback in the CDMA chip market after being forced out of the business in 1999. Qualcomm Inc. In 1998, VLSI Technology rolled out a chip set for CDMA handsets. Another Qualcomm licensee, Intel Corp., bailed out of the CDMA chip set business last year.
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