CDMA2000 Momentum Continues With Sprint's U.S. Nationwide Wireless Launch; Sprint Coast-to-Coast Roll Out Underscores CDMA2000 Dominant 3G Position Worldwide.Business Editors 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)--Aug. 12, 2002 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 Sprint's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : FON Fon People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. Numbering about 3 million, the Fon are mainly farmers. , PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. ) recent nationwide 3G network roll out further strengthens CDMA2000 as the dominant global 3G technology. The new 3G-enabled network allows Sprint to offer U.S. wireless subscribers advanced applications such as gaming, messaging and digital imaging at speeds up to 144 Kbps. "Sprint's nationwide deployment of CDMA2000 illustrates our pledge to offer subscribers the most clarity they can see and hear," said Charles E. Levine, president, PCS division, Sprint. "Today's subscribers want to do more with their mobile phones, which is why we chose CDMA from the beginning for our all-digital network. CDMA2000 is a worldwide success with its ability to allow operators to run compelling applications and high-quality voice services on a vast number of 3G-enabled devices." "The CDG congratulates Sprint on its nationwide 3G roll out in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "CDMA2000 is the only 3G technology commercially available today in the Americas, and dominates globally. Sprint and all other CDMA2000 operators are setting the stage for what is quickly becoming a 3G-based voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. world." CDMA2000 offers seamless migration and spectrum efficiencies making it economically appealing for all operators looking to provide 3G services regardless of their existing technology choice. In addition, CDMA2000 doubles the voice capacity of already efficient 2G CDMA networks. For 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). operators, CDMA2000 offers four to six times more capacity than their existing systems which is particularly beneficial for Latin American operators who will need to upgrade their networks to meet growing demand for wireless services in their markets. About CDMA2000 CDMA2000 has been commercially available for nearly two years. The first CDMA2000 1X system was launched in Korea in the Fall of 2000. Today there are 17 commercial 3G CDMA2000 networks with a subscriber base of more than 13 million throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. There are more than 124 devices providing wireless users access to 3G applications including multimedia messaging, full-color music videos, camera and motion video functionality, Internet broadcasts and animation downloaded at up to 144 Kbps. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, commercially deployed by KT Freetel and SK Telecom in Korea, allows mobile users to experience the mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. and rich multimedia applications at data speeds up to 2.4 Mbps -- more than six times the speed of competing 3G systems. About CDG The CDMA Development Group is a nonprofit trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of cdmaOne(TM) and CDMA2000. 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 CDMA 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 Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: cdmaOne is a trademark of the CDG. Editor's Note: CDMA2000 Deployments Operator Date of Deployment Region SK Telecom(a) Oct. 1, 2000 S. Korea KTF(b) May 1, 2001 S. Korea LG Telecom May 1, 2001 S. Korea Monet Mobile Oct. 24, 2001 USA Zapp Mobile (Telemobil) Dec. 7, 2001 Romania Leap Dec. 10, 2001 USA Telesp Celular Dec. 12, 2001 Brazil Western Wireless July 2001 USA Verizon Jan. 28, 2002 USA Metro PCS Feb. 1, 2002 USA Bell Mobility Feb. 12, 2002 Canada KDDI April 1, 2002 Japan Centennial Wireless April 4, 2002 Puerto Rico Telefonica Brazil April 16, 2002 Brazil Telus Mobility June 3, 2002 Canada Telecom New Zealand July 22, 2002 New Zealand Sprint August 8, 2002 USA (a)SK Telecom launched CDMA2000 1xEV-DO on Jan. 28, 2002 (b)KTF launched CDMA2000 1xEV-DO on May 8, 2002 |
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