SkyCross To License Embedded Antenna
Solution In New CDMA/GPS Flip-Top Phone For Use On SK Telecom's
Korean Networks
MELBOURNE, Florida, February 25, 2003 - SkyCross Inc., a
leading developer of advanced RF and antenna technology, announced
that it has signed a licensing agreement with SK Telecom (NYSE:
SKM), Korea's leading wireless telecommunications services provider.
Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom is implementing SkyCross
Cellular,GPS and WCDMA embedded antenna solution into its new GPS-enhanced
CDMA flip-top phones.
This agreement comes on the heels of the two companies previously
signing a Memorandum of Understanding for SkyCross to develop custom-designed,
high performance antennas for one of SK Telecom's Testbed Projects
a project that brings together SK Telecom with component vendors
and handset OEMs to produce advanced 2.5G and 3G CDMA phones for
global wireless markets.
"We are pleased that SK Telecom has again turned to SkyCross
for its RF solution," said Christopher Morton, CEO of SkyCross. "It
is a credit to our entire team that Korea's premier mobile carrier
has the confidence to continue to look to SkyCross for its next-generation
embedded antenna devices."
SK Telecom provides cellular service through a CDMA-based network
that covers approximately 99 percent of the Korean population.
SK Telecom launched the world's first commercial CDMA cellular
phone service and today Korea's top mobile carrier claims more
than 17 million subscribers. The company's new CDMA/GPS flip-top
phones should be available to Korean consumers by 4Q 2003.
"Our new flip-top wireless phone presented an RF challenge,
which is why we again turned to SkyCross for the solution," said
Myung Sung Lee, Vice President of SK Telecom. "We needed to
combine two separate standards and technologies into a small, high
performing device and we wanted the antenna to be unseen. As always,
the SkyCross team came through for us."
Features of SkyCross' CDMA/GPS antenna:
- Peak gain of 0.3 dBi in
the 800 MHz CDMA band, which was
tested to be about 0.4 dB
better than an external stubby antenna
- Peak gain of 2.4 dBi at the 1575
MHz GPS frequency, which was tested to be about 2 dB better
than an external stubby antenna
- 1900 mm3 volume in size
About SkyCross
SkyCross is a leading developer of next-generation
RF technology for mobile and fixed wireless telecommunications, telematics,
satellite, and mobile computing markets. SkyCross' antenna solutions
are based on patented Meander Line Antenna technology that allows
engineers to design high performance, multi-mode, multi-frequency
antennas that can be hidden inside a mobile casing, have a very low
radiation profile, and offer much better gain characteristics over
existing solutions. Typical applications for the antennas include
handsets, laptop computers, PDAs, automobiles, household electronics
and base stations. For details, please visit www.skycross.com.
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