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CDMA2000
Delivers 3G Services to the Americas |
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5th December 2002 |
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Inset is CDG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Perry LaForge who is quoted below. CDMA2000 is rapidly expanding throughout the Americas. In the past year, 18 operators in North, Central and Latin America have deployed CDMA2000 and are now delivering 3G services to millions of subscribers. Although the key strategic drivers behind the migration differ for each operator depending on their market and competitive situations, they all selected CDMA2000 to increase network capacity to support future subscriber growth, and/or to differentiate through high-speed data services. Other benefits of CDMA2000 to operators include ease of migration, relatively low capital investment requirements and widespread product availability. "The commercial success of CDMA2000 in the Americas and worldwide has demonstrated the tremendous market potential for 3G," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "CDMA2000 will continue to lead 3G because it delivers services and applications that the market demands and it offers a flexible and economical migration path, as well as a wide range of affordable products." With a large base of cdmaOne(TM) and TDMA operators, CDMA2000 is expected to dominate 3G in the Americas in the coming years. Seventeen cdmaOne and TDMA service providers in the Americas migrated to CDMA2000: Aliant Telecom Mobility, Bell Mobility, Cellular South, Centennial de Puerto Rico, ComScape, EPM-Bogota, Leap, MetroPCS, Monet Mobile Networks, Movilnet, SmartCom PCS, Sprint, Telefonica Celular, Telesp Celular, Telus Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Western Wireless. Thirteen more operators are scheduled to launch within the next year.
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TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
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TTP
Communications announces that TCL mobile Communication Ltd, China's largest
manufacturer of mobile phones, has licensed TTPCom's GPRS (2.5G) platform. |
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Local
analysts say the new entry of Thai Mobile and Hutchison CAT is unlikely
to affect the revenues or market share of the three main mobile-phone
players. |
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China's
mobile market is expected to continue to bring in sophisticated technology
from overseas network operators, while at the same time, give play to
market forces in expanding the country's mobile services. |
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onix
announced its protocol test support feature for the newest Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS) standard release. |
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DoOnGo
Technologies announced that Matsushita Communication Industrial will license
the popular Mobile Intelligence(TM) to be featured on Panasonic's new
phones. |
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Vesper,
a Brazilian operator providing services to 17 states in the Southeastern
and Northern regions of the country, including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro,
is the first Latin American operator to deploy a 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network. |
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DMA2000
is rapidly expanding throughout the Americas. In the past year, 18 operators
in North, Central and Latin America have deployed CDMA2000 and are now
delivering 3G services to millions of subscribers. |
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Ericsson
and AT&T Wireless today completed the first WCDMA/UMTS call in a live
network environment in the Americas. With initial packet data speeds up
to 384 kbps, the call demonstrates true 3G capabilities |
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okia
and Racal Instruments announced that the two companies are working together
to deliver test equipment for third generation CDMA2000 1xEV-DV networks. |
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PT
Wireless Indonesia (WIN), a cellular telecommunication network and service
provider in Indonesia, has selected Airvana to enable high-speed wireless
and broadband data services for its CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in Indonesia. |
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Alaska
Communications Systems the leading integrated communications provider
in Alaska, has selected Airvana to provide high-speed wireless and broadband
equipment for its CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
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Thin
Multimedia, Inc., a leading provider of wireless video streaming solutions,
today announced that Reliance Infocomm Ltd. has licensed Thin Multimedia's
complete mobile video streaming solution to provide video services to
wireless subscribers in India. Reliance Infocomm is a subsidiary of the
Reliance Group, India's largest private enterprise. |
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The
CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org) today reported that there were
nearly 135 million CDMA subscribers and 24 million CDMA2000 users worldwide
at the end of the third quarter of 2002. |
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Nortel
Networks announced the ability to provide integrated solutions for wireless
operators that will seamlessly link existing and future Wireless Wide
Area Networks (WWANs) with fast-emerging wireless 'hot spots,' also known
as Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). |
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Anite
announced the availability of 200 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
conformance test cases. The test cases enable the testing and approval
of mobile phones and wireless terminals for use on next-generation cellular
networks. |
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-PHONE
announced the launch of Vodafone Global Standard on December 20 to offer
customers in Japan unprecedented access to mobile services at home and
abroad. This Third Generation (“3G”) service is based on international
Third Generation Partnership Project (“3GPP”) standards |
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A
glimpse of the near future can actually be seen by looking at the palm
of a South Koreans hand - but the price of a prediction is just too high.
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The
company expects 10% or slightly more handset market growth in 2003 - while
anticipating a challenging industry environment in wireless infrastructure
to continue |
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Fujitsu
Limited will demonstrate a variety of advanced broadband and mobile products
and solutions at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2002 which will take place in Hong Kong
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EuroTel
Bratislava announced that the second installment of the UMTS license fee
in the amount of Sk 999 million was paid in full to the Telecommunications
Office of the Slovak Republic |
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Airvana
Inc and Winphoria Networks Inc will demonstrate push-to-talk applications
over a live CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network and interoperability with 1xRTT networks |
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QUALCOMM
Incorporated announced that the Company will be exhibiting and demonstrating
its industry-leading wireless solutions at 2002 CDMA Americas Congress |
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Ericsson
and Hutchison have signed a seven-year agreement to implement an innovative
services business model that will deliver increased efficiency and significant
cost savings. |
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Telstra
launched Australia’s first fully operational third generation (3G)
mobile service for business customers, which is faster, more powerful
and feature rich than anything they would have experienced before. |
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After
twice delaying a planned launch, Japan's J-Phone Corp is finally set to
start commercial third-generation (3G) mobile phone services this month,
testing the water for British parent Vodafone Group Plc. |
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HUTCHISON
3G, the UK’s new entrant mobile operator, is facing growing pressure
to merge with another group - possibly MmO2, formerly BT Cellnet - early
next year after suggestions last week that it cannot meet its loan covenant
requirements by the second half of next year. |
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At
the CDMA Americas Congress, the CDMA Development Group (CDG) highlighted
CDMA2000's expansion in the Americas, its future growth opportunities,
and product and service availability in the region.