[from a Qualcomm press release]
 
QUALCOMM has announced the industry's first hand-held, dual-mode,
CDMA/analog portable telephone. The new phone, designated the CD-7000, can
operate as a digital Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) phone wherever
CDMA service is available, and otherwise as a high-quality standard analog
phone.
 
"In designing the new CD-7000, one thing was paramount.  Use every
technological advantage available to produce an instrument that delivers the
best quality and advanced features to the user.  That's what the CD-7000 is
... the finest digital portable you can buy,"  QUALCOMM CEO Dr. Irwin M.
Jacobs said.
 
When operating in the CDMA mode, the dual-mode portable phone offers
exceptional voice quality and area coverage while transmitting RF power at
output levels significantly lower than analog mobiles.  Using its unique
power-control circuitry and the CDMA signal technology, the CD-7000 need
transmit only one twenty-fifth to one one-thousandth as much power as
typical analog phones, Jacobs added.
 
The CD-7000 portable offers other advantages such as fewer blocked  calls,
more reliable hand-off and improved privacy due to its CDMA  technology.
 
The phone circuitry actively reduces background noise and fading for a
clearer, cleaner sound, and CDMA's soft hand-off prevents quality
degradation and breakup in hand-off areas between cells, eliminating the
most frequent complaint of cellular users.
 
The new portable measures 7 inches x 2-1/4 inches x 1 inch and weighs just
over 12 ounces.  It offers over two hours of talk time and over 24 hours of
standby time with its extended life battery, or over 60 minutes of talk time
and over 12 hours of standby time with its slimline battery.  The portable
accesses 832 FM channels and an equivalent 8,000 to 16,000 channels in the
CDMA wideband mode.
 
The unit automatically first selects digital and then analog systems,
depending on availability.
 
Features making the portable user-friendly include a large, easy-to-read,
four-line backlit LCD display, and a backlit keypad with oversized SEND and
END keys.  Menu-driven interaction with prompts helps the user take
advantage of such features as 10-number speed dialing, auto redial and
answer, 100-memory storage locations with alphanumeric tagging, and 32-digit
dialing. A separate memory retains the last 10 calls, and a scratch pad
memory enhances usage on-the-go.  Ten secret number locations are also
included.  A loudspeaker provides convenience for giving tone commands for
voice mail instruction and similar interactions without having to move the
phone back and forth to the user's ear.
 
Accessories include rechargeable battery packs, a hands-free car kit, and a
cigarette lighter adapter/battery eliminator.  A desktop rapid charger and
leather case are available.
 
The CD-7000 will be available in production quantities in the fall of 1993.
 
CONTACT:  QUALCOMM Inc., Thomas Crawford, 619/597-5715