LAS VEGAS, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that its Gobi(TM) embedded 3G module is enabling a wide range of location-based services on notebooks and mobile computers. Leading software companies - including Microsoft, DeLorme and Absolute(R) Software - are leveraging the ability of Qualcomm's Gobi module to bring GPS positioning capabilities to notebook computers, netbooks and mobile Internet devices.

"Leading OEMs now offer a wide range of notebooks and netbooks with Qualcomm's Gobi module for multi-mode mobile broadband connectivity and GPS," said Mike Concannon, senior vice president of connectivity for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "This provides a key opportunity for software companies to develop applications for notebooks that bring navigation and other location-aware services to consumers and businesses."

Applications leveraging the GPS capabilities of Qualcomm's Gobi module include products targeted for consumers and for enterprises, including:

-- From Microsoft: Streets & Trips travel and map software for

consumers; Mappoint business mapping and analysis software

-- From DeLorme - the innovation leader in mapmaking technology since 1976,

and a pioneering GPS provider for more than 12 years - three different

options are available, all with up-to-date cartographic detail,

automatic routing, and high-end GIS capabilities:

-- Street Atlas USA for street-level navigation in the U.S. and Canada,

and four million places of interest

-- Topo USA for street-level data of the U.S. and Canada, four million

places of interest, and topographic maps with land use and land

cover detail

-- XMap for GIS mapping professionals and mobile workforces

-- From Absolute: Computrace(R) LoJack(R) for Laptops for computer theft

recovery; Computrace(R) Complete for persistent IT asset management,

real-time data security, geolocation and theft recovery capabilities.

Applications from Absolute and DeLorme will be on display in Qualcomm's booth #6945 in Central Hall at CTIA Wireless, April 1-3.

The recently announced Gobi2000(TM) module, expected to launch in commercial devices this summer, builds on the multi-mode broadband capabilities of the first-generation Gobi1000(TM) module to deliver enhanced positioning capabilities with Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) and gpsOneXTRA(TM) Assistance Technology, which delivers enhanced operation for standalone-GPS via assistance data when A-GPS is not available.