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CDMA2000 Industry Celebrates Successes

More than 1,100 wireless leaders from over 37 countries attended the ninth annual CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, organized by the CDMA Development Group (CDG).

Operators, equipment vendors, content providers, application developers and analysts shared CDMA2000(r) success stories and discussed market opportunities, business strategies and evolution to next-generation networks and services. The prevailing theme of the conference was emerging opportunities for data services. With the introduction of CDMA2000 1X and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, data is the fastest-growing business for many carriers, and some forecast that it will contribute 50 percent of revenues in five years.

Panel sessions and presentations at the event focused on technology evolution and business strategies. Speakers in the technology track discussed the evolution to high-speed data, the advancement of 1xEV-DO and 1xEV-DV, the implementation of all-IP networks, and how to integrate emerging technologies. The business track featured winning segmentation and branding strategies, consumer and enterprise market opportunities and revenue-generating applications, with content and application providers discussing the latest trends in wireless games and music. The Congress also offered interactive workshops, the tenth annual CDMA Test Forum, exhibits of the latest technologies, applications and handsets, and the presentation of the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards.

CDMA2000: 100 Million and Growing

With more than 124 million subscribers worldwide, CDMA2000 is leading the global migration to 3G networks and services. CDMA2000 benefited from the extensive experience acquired through the development and operation of cdmaOne(tm) systems, and was designed to be a very efficient and robust technology. CDMA, the basis for cdmaOne and CDMA2000, was used as the platform for TD-SCDMA and WCDMA, the two other leading IMT-2000 technologies. Supporting both voice and data, CDMA2000 was designed to operate in the 450, 800, 1700, 1900 and 2100 MHz bands.

Source: press release

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