Samsung has selected the Broadcom Wi-Fi phone chipset for its new line of consumer and small business Wi-Fi phones.

Broadcom’s Wi-Fi phone chipset enables consumer phone makers to develop IP phones with high voice quality, extended range, longer battery life and support for the latest security and quality of service (QoS) standards.

“Broadcom’s Wi-Fi phone chipset offered Samsung a compelling solution for our next-generation families of consumer and small business IP phone products,” said W.S. Cho, Vice President, Internet Infra R&D Team at Samsung. “Broadcom provided us with a solid roadmap that will enable us to incorporate advanced functionality for features such as video and multimedia into our phone designs.”

Broadcom’s Wi-Fi phone chipset is featured initially in two Samsung Wi-Fi phone models: the SMT-W5100 for small businesses and the SMT-W6100, a multimedia phone for consumers. The SMT-W5100 is currently available for the enterprise market worldwide. The SMT-W6100, targeting residential customers, is currently being sold in North America and will soon be offered globally.

Broadcom’s Wi-Fi phone chipset consists of the Broadcom mobile VoIP processor and AirForce One 54g single-chip WLAN solution. Broadcom is currently shipping the BCM1161 mobile VoIP processor, which features low-power, advance multimedia and telephony functions including polyphonic ring-tone support, a 2 Megapixel digital camera and voice/video record/playback. Telephony features include 3-way conferencing and speaker phone support, and high-fidelity voice capabilities through the use of Broadcom’s BroadVoice technology.

The BCM4318 WLAN solution integrates a 2.4 GHz radio, IEEE 802.11a/b/g baseband processor, and media access controller (MAC). It supports Broadcom’s SecureEasySetup technology for push-button wireless set up and security configuration, as well as BroadRange for up to 50% greater range, which enables wireless VoIP phones to maintain connectivity at greater distances from the wireless router.

Broadcom’s Wi-Fi phone chipset is available in production.