Qualcomm to set up engg support centre

Qualcomm Inc, the leading San Diego-based Fortune 500 company that develops innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA digital technology has said that it will soon be setting up an engineering support centre in India. The in-house support centre will cater to Qualcomm's Internet services.

This will be Qualcomm's fifth such centre after San Diego, China, Japan and Korea.

"Qualcomm sees India as the hottest growth market. The engineering support centre, focussed exclusively on internet services, should be launched within the next 3-6 months. This will be like a lab for developers," Brian Dunphy, director-Qualcomm Internet Services, Qualcomm Inc., said. Dunphy was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Tata Indicom's launch of Push-To-Talk services in India.

Tata Indicom has opted for Qualcomm's CDMA technology to offer Push-To-Talk services. Termed as Brewchat, this service will enable a caller to talk to a group of people at the push of a button.

Qualcomm would provide Brew-based downloadable applications that provide new opportunities to India's growing community of software developers.