QUALCOMM AND QSOUND COLLABORATE TO DELIVER ADVANCED AUDIO TO WIRELESS WITH MICROQ 3D SOUND SOLUTIONS
"CALGARY ? June 23, 2004 ? QSound Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSND), a leading developer of audio and voice software solutions, and QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced that QUALCOMM has licensed QSound?s Q3D? and QXpander? technologies and will integrate these audio enhancers into select QUALCOMM Mobile Station Modem? (MSM?) chipsets. Q3D and QXpander, part of QSound?s microQ family of audio components, can create a 3D audio effect with stereo headsets or just two speakers by expanding audio signals to create a much richer wireless audio experience. The software release incorporating QSound?s QXpander technology will be available in the fourth quarter of calendar 2004, beginning with QUALCOMM?s MSM6550? chipset solution."