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QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies to Collaborate with Gemplus, Leading Smart Card Manufacturer, for R-UIM-Enabled CDMA Solutions QCT’s Integrated Circuits Enabled with R-UIM Capabilities for Smart Card Services and roaming on CDMA and GSM Networks



Luxembourg , 31st July 2001 – QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced an agreement with Gemplus Corp. (Nasdaq: GEMP), a world-leading provider of smart-card-based solutions, to roll out hardware and software system solutions to ensure that IS-95A/B and CDMA2000 1x handset manufacturers can support complete removable user identity module (R-UIM) capabilities designed around the Gemplus GemXplore™ WORLD product. Targeted for the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) Mobile Station Modem (MSM™) family of IS-95A/B and CDMA 2000 1x integrated circuits, including, but not limited to, the MSM5105™, MSM5100™, MSM5500™ integrated circuits and subsequent MSM6xxx CDMA2000 1x chipsets, the Gemplus R-UIM solution will support roaming services and value-added service capabilities across IS-95A/B and CDMA2000 1x and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks. Ensuring qualification for functionality and interoperability based on the IS-820 standard, QCT’s R-UIM solutions can be rolled out to interoperate around Gemplus’s R-UIM smart-card products and will enable operators to launch a suite of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card-based value-added services and roaming capabilities to their subscribers. This system offering provides IS-95A/B and CDMA2000 1x handset manufacturers with a comprehensive solution that allows a subscriber’s identity to be stored in a single removable card — a capability that is mandatory for the Chinese wireless market — making global roaming to countries using different frequencies or across CDMA or GSM networks easier by allowing subscribers to exchange handsets while using the same card to maintain all of their personal information, including network settings, privileges, preferences, phone books and more.

“Rolling out qualified R-UIM system solutions for Gemplus R-UIM smart cards on our MSM products will significantly accelerate the development of R-UIM-enabled handsets by manufacturers requiring flexibility in their smart-card-based products,” said Luis Pineda, vice president of product management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. “As CDMA2000 1x networks are deployed worldwide and especially across Asia, operators can now put into place agreements and services to allow R-UIM roaming of their subscribers across GSM and CDMA networks.”

“Partnering with QCT, the driving force on IS-95A/B and CDMA2000 1x system solutions, will allow Gemplus to extend its smart-card solutions for handset manufacturers and operators to a wider subscriber base as CDMA accelerates its deployment across Asia,” said Gary Wang, managing director for Gemplus CDMA business. “We look forward to working together with handset manufacturers and operators to deliver these complete system solutions around Gemplus’ GemXplore WORLD smart cards and QCT’s MSM chipsets.”


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About QCT
QCT is a developer and supplier of CDMA integrated circuits, hardware and software solutions, and tools, with more than 150 million cumulative shipments of MSM chips worldwide. QCT offers wireless position location technology by SnapTrack, a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM. QCT supplies chipsets to the world’s leading CDMA handset and infrastructure manufacturers including: Acer Peripherals, Inc., ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; FUJITSU LIMITED; Hitachi, Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; KYOCERA CORPORATION; LG Information and Communications, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; and Toshiba Corporation, among others.


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About QUALCOMM Incorporated
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's business areas include CDMA integrated circuits and system software; technology licensing; the Binary Run-time Environment for Wireless™ (BREW™) applications development platform; Eudora® e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar(tm) system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress™. QUALCOMM owns patents that are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 100 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2000 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol QCOM.


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About Gemplus
GEMPLUS: the world's number one provider of solutions empowered by Smart Cards (Gartner Dataquest 2001).

Gemplus helps its clients offer an exceptional range of portable, personalized solutions that bring security and convenience to people's lives. These include mobile internet access, inter-operable banking facilities, e-commerce and a wealth of other applications. Gemplus is the only completely dedicated, truly global player in the Smart Card industry, with the largest R&D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track record of technological innovation.

Gemplus trades its shares on Euronext Paris S.A. First Market and on the Nasdaq Stock Market® as GEMP in the form of ADSs. Its revenue in 2000 was 1.205 billion Euros. It employs 7800 people in 37 countries throughout the world. Gemplus: Your Passport to the Digital Age www.gemplus.com.


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Contacts
Gemplus, Frédéric Vasnier
tel: 33 4 42 36 42 01
email: frederic.vasnier@gemplus.com

Gemplus, Jean-Luc Kahou
tel: 33 4 42 36 64 42
email: jean-luc.kahou@gemplus.com

Gemplus Asia, Lawrence Tan
tel: 813 3221 3757
email: lawrence.tan@gemplus.com

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