Royal Philips Electronics (www.philips.com) announced a partnership with Sasken (www.sasken.com), a telecommunications software solutions provider. Philips' Nexperia multimedia semiconductor baseband will be complemented by Sasken's software offering and engineering support.

The partnership will provide 2.5G and 3G module and terminal manufacturers with application-specific solutions the company says. In addition, they will enable handset manufacturers to serve a wide customer portfolio and introduce advanced applications including multimedia messaging services (MMS), audio and video streaming, MP3 and polyphonic melody generation the company says.