Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Joins 3G Americas' Board of Governors

Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Joins 3G Americas' Board of Governors

3G Americas announced that Cable & Wireless (West Indies) has been elected to its Board of Governors effective January 2003. The election of Cable & Wireless follows closely on the recent Board expansion that included new members Telcel (Mexico) and Research In Motion (RIM).

"Cable & Wireless, with TDMA networks in 13 island nations, will be deploying GSM/GPRS across the Caribbean, beginning in April in its key markets of Jamaica, Barbados and the Cayman Islands," commented Chris Pearson ( Inset ), Executive Vice President of 3G Americas. "As such, Cable & Wireless is a strategic member of our Board as it joins the growing number of TDMA operators who have announced the addition of GSM to their mobile operations."

There are nearly 4.5 million cellular subscribers today in the Caribbean and 38% of those subscribers are TDMA subscribers with another 34% using GSM technology.

Thomas Perez-Ducy, Executive Vice President - Mobile Services for Cable & Wireless (West Indies) added, "We are pleased to contribute to the goals of 3G Americas by providing our insight on important wireless issues and opportunities for the Caribbean, thereby improving the wireless industry throughout the Americas. We will commercially launch GSM/GPRS services in April 2003, adding further to the rapid growth of GSM in the region."

About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology

3G Americas unites wireless operators and vendors in the Americas for the very first time to form a single voice representing GSM, TDMA, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS technologies. Working with regulatory bodies, technical standards bodies, and other global organizations, 3G Americas uniquely focuses on the issues facing the Americas. The mission of 3G Americas is to promote, educate, and advocate for the success of GSM, TDMA, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS and their seamless evolution to future generations, thereby advancing the wireless industry in the Americas for the benefit of consumers. The organization fully supports the third generation technology migration strategy GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS adopted by many operators in the Americas that will globally account for up to 85% of next-generation subscribers. 3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Miami, FL. For more information, visit the website at www.3gamericas.org.

The founding members of 3G Americas include AT&T Wireless (USA), Cingular Wireless (USA), Ericsson, HP, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems, Rogers Wireless (Canada), Siemens, and Telecom Personal (Argentina). New members to the Board of Governors as of January 2003 include Cable & Wireless (West Indies), Research In Motion (RIM) and Telcel (Mexico).

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