QUALCOMM ACQUIRES BRITISH MULTIMEDIA FIRM
SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm Inc. has reportedly acquired Trigenix, a UK-based multimedia software developer, in a deal worth $36 million in cash.
Trigenix was founded in 2000 and sells software that allows handset makers, mobile operators, developers and phone users to easily brand, customize and personalize the screens on mobile phones.
Qualcomm invented the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard for mobile phones popular in the Americas and buying Trigenix will boost its influence in Europe, according to industry observers.
The British company, headquartered in Cambridge, has been working with Qualcomm since June on interface software that works with the US company's own BREW software platform.
BREW provides a software environment for handsets that includes the ability to make micro-payments and is utilized by a number of commercial wireless data service providers including Verizon Wireless; Alaska Communication Systems; ALLTEL; Cellular One; and Cellular South in the US.
Overseas clients include Bermuda Digital Communications; China Unicom; KDDI in Japan; KTF in South Korea; Iusacell in Mexico; Tata in India; Telstra in Australia; VIVO in Brazil; BellSouth Chile; Movilnet in Venezuela; Pelephone in Israel; and Zapp in Romania.
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