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CSR plc has introduced UniVox Mobile to enable mass-market dual mode VoIP  mobile handsets. The UniVox Mobile reference design contains all the additional hardware and software to turn a mobile handset into a wirelessly enabled handset that can take and make Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) calls.
The hardware element of UniVox Mobile is based on UniFi, CSR’s single chip WiFi ( News - Alert) solution, and also includes Bluetooth functionality via a choice of BlueCore4-ROM or BlueCore5-FM. UniVox Mobile also enables WiFi to be used as the bearer for other services, such as web browsing and multimedia streaming.
According to the news release, CSR’s UniFi can perform accurate and intelligent control in powering up the various parts of the chip to achieve ultra low power consumption. Furthermore, CSR has implemented a highly flexible coexistence engine that can be configured to tackle the multitude of coexistence scenarios, such as VoIP calls with audio routed to a Bluetooth headset.
CSR claims that data throughput for UniVox Mobile is significantly faster than WiFi and Bluetooth. It offers providing both hardware and software elements so that customers can benefit from fast time to market for dual mode products.
“It’s clear that consumers like the concept of the dual mode phone, however until now it has proved tricky to deliver the power consumption and voice quality that the end customer requires,” Raj Gawera, Marketing Manager for the WiFi Strategic Business Unit, CSR. “With these issues overcome, we believe that dual mode phones present a tremendous opportunity for manufacturers. UniVox Mobile has been designed from the bottom up using power saving and coexistence technologies that we have developed specifically to ensure a smooth user experience.”
CSR is the leading global provider of personal wireless technology and its product portfolio covers Bluetooth, GPS, FM receivers and WiFi. CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions, based around its silicon platforms, which incorporate, fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements.
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