Motorola and PC-Tel settle modem technology disputeTom
Foremski
Motorola and PC-Tel have settled their dispute over modem
technologies and have withdrawn their respective lawsuits against
each other.
The two companies have signed a cross-licensing agreement and
dropped all claims against each other. Motorola and PC-Tel traded
lawsuits last
year over patents they own in the software modem area.
"The settlement of this issue paves the way for Motorola to move
ahead aggressively with new and innovative soft modem solutions,
which will bring exciting benefits of DigitalDNA technology to our
customers," said Richard Leslie, vice president and general manager
of Motorola's Communications Software Systems Group.
Software modems emulate the functions of a 56 Kbit modem in
software, using a host processor to handle the communications
functions. This can save customers money in producing low-end
electronics devices that can connect to the Internet.