"Wireless Convergence - Your Phone is Not Just a Phone Anymore"

Charles Persico,
Qualcomm Inc.

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A look at wireless convergence in the mobile phone market goes beyond voice to photography, video, gaming, music, multimedia broadcast, Internet access, position location, VOIP, WiFi, Bluetooth to name several. It has only been a few years since voice only cellular mobile phones have become ubiquitous and considered indispensable in our daily lives.

What is the future direction for integration of multiple radios' and concurrent operation between various protocols.

Charles Persico is Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Inc. Charlie is in charge of all Qualcomm’s RF, analog and mixed signal IC design, product and test engineering and responsible for more than a billion dollar revenue business, which makes Qualcomm the largest RF, analog and mixed signal IC supplier in the world. Charlie was born in 1960 in Schenectady, NY.  He received his BS from Union College in electrical engineering in 1985 and MS from Syracuse University in electrical engineering in 1987.  In 1985 he joined GE Avionics systems working on advanced radar systems. He also worked at Honeywell Space Systems on various satellite electronic systems.  In 1991 he joined Philips Semiconductor and was involved in RFIC design for various cellular standards.  He has been with Qualcomm since 1995 and led all Qualcomm’s RF, analog and mixed signal IC product development and production.