Trimode Reference Design uses HelloSoft’s Titan Android VoIP and Convergence Software on HS100 and Comsys Mobile’s Award-winning ComMAX®CM1125 Multimode WiMAX/GSM Chipset
February 15, 2010, Barcelona: – Comsys Mobile and HelloSoft have announced a low cost Android WiMAX, GSM and WiFi reference design at the 2010 Mobile World Congress . The design features the combination of HelloSoft’s award winning VoIP and convergence client suite for Android running on the low cost HS100 IP Convergence Processor combined with Comsys Mobile’s award-winning ComMAX® CM1125, the industry’s only multimode WiMAX/GSM communication processor, which has recently completed Clearwire’s iIOT testing.
“There is a strong market demand for low cost Android multimode WiMAX/GSM phones” commented Ronny Gorlicki, Comsys Mobile’s EVP Sales. “The combined reference design using HelloSoft’s Android VoIP Convergence Software Suite and HS100 IP Convergence Processor with WiFi together with the Comsys Mobile CM1125 WiMAX/GSM-EDGE provides a compelling feature set at very competitive price point. The design allows ODM/OEMs to bring to market quickly phones and other low cost wireless devices. This product category addresses a significant market need in both emerging markets and mature markets where GSM is essential in the handsets and 4G capabilities bring unheard of high-speed wireless data on-the-go to mobile users.”
Allan Johnson, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at HelloSoft says, “WiMAX service providers around the world have been seeking a low bill of materials 4G handset with Android and GSM and the reference design with Comsys combines HelloSoft’s award winning VoIP and Convergence Suite for Android, the first complete solution of its kind for Android with HelloSoft’s ultra low power IP Convergence Processor to deliver both mobile high speed 4G data capability together with the ubiquitous coverage of GSM at a very attractive price point. WiMAX has to date been largely focused on providing high speed wireless data coverage but when combined with HelloSoft’s VoIP over WiMAX Android solution, VoIP over WiMAX with QoS offers a very attractive value proposition and additional revenue stream to service providers. Providing a turn-key design to ODMs and OEMs allowing rapid time to market is the key.”
