CDG Hosted Seminar in Costa Rica on Benefits of CDMA2000.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2003 The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. Development Group (CDG (CDMA Development Group, Costa Mesa, CA, www.cdg.org) A membership organization founded in 1995 that promotes CDMA wireless systems worldwide. It is involved with developing new features and services and promoting standards that provide global compatibility and interoperability. ) (www.cdg.org) today announced that it co-hosted a seminar in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , that showcased the CDMA2000(R) family of standards and their capabilities. The event was organized by the CDG, the embassies of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the Republic of Korea, and the Costa Rican Ministry of Science and Technology. Nearly 100 delegates attended the event, including key government officials, leading representatives from the Costa Rican business community and members of the local media. "CDMA is the fastest-growing wireless technology worldwide and is leading in 3G. It has a very strong base in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and many operators in the region have migrated from cdmaOne(TM) or TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). to enjoy the benefits of CDMA2000," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "The CDG works actively to organize events such as this seminar, which are an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the true benefits of CDMA2000 and share experiences of other operators." Presenters at the seminar included Dr. Rogelio Pardo, Costa Rican minister of science and technology; Soong-chull Shin, ambassador from the Republic of Korea; Margaret Hanson-Muse, senior commercial officer for the United States, and executives from the CDG, Lucent Technologies, Movilnet, QUALCOMM and SK Telecom. They spoke on a variety of topics, including key aspects of the CDMA interface, CDMA2000 evolution and migration paths and shared operator experiences and provided statistical figures, business models and data advancements for the technology. The CDG also participated in a two-day event hosted by the Costa Rica Institute of Electricity (ICE), the sole telecommunications provider in Costa Rica, which took place in San Jose during the same week. The CDG encouraged ICE to deploy CDMA2000, a market-proven 3G solution. "Costa Rica has the opportunity to migrate directly to 3G with CDMA2000," said Celedonio von Wuthenau, CDG's director of Latin American programs. "Operators and consumers alike will be far better served now and in the future with CDMA2000, which offers 3G today with better voice quality, higher data speeds, enhanced network capacity and requires only minimum investment for TDMA carriers such as ICE." Fourteen operators in the Caribbean and Latin America have already launched CDMA2000 1X or 1xEV-DO and 10 more are planning to deploy networks this year. As of January 2003, there were more than 35 million CDMA2000 subscribers worldwide. Presentations from the CDG's seminar are posted on the CDG Web site at http://www.cdg.org/news/events/CDMASeminar/index.asp. The CDMA Development Group is a nonprofit trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA technologies. The 110 member companies of the CDG include many of the world's largest wireless operators and equipment manufacturers. The primary activities of the CDG include development of cdmaOne and CDMA2000 features and services, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , education and seminars, regulatory affairs and international support. Currently, there are more than 500 individuals working within various CDG subcommittees on cdmaOne- and CDMA2000-related matters. For more information about the CDG, contact Valerie Christopherson of the CDG News Bureau at +1-714-540-1030, ext. 17, e-mail vchristopherson@bockpr.com, or visit the CDG Web site at http://www.cdg.org. Note to Editors: cdmaOne is a trademark of the CDG. CDMA2000 is a registered trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. (TIA-USA) |
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