CDG North America Regional Conference Showcases CDMA2000

(Business News & Technology News, 16 Oct 2007)

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported the success of this year's 3G CDMA North America Regional Conference, which took place October 8-10, at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego. Over 150 key executives from all facets of the CDMA ecosystem convened to discuss the ways in which CDMA2000 has emerged as a benchmark wireless telecommunications technology based on its evolutionary path, economies of scale and scope, seamless coverage, affordable multi-mode devices, compatibility and interoperability, and superior performance numbers.

"As CDMA2000 continues to evolve and to mature, the benefits of the technology have come into full relief," said Perry LaForge, Executive Director of the CDG. "The North America Regional Conference showcased the ways in which the technology leads the industry both in the Americas and abroad. From its core competencies, such as performance, to its vast adaptability to varying terrain, CDMA2000 is ahead of all other competing technologies."

The conference program included a CDMA University training course on "1xEV-DO concepts for business professionals;" an Advanced Wireless Services (AWS), 700MHz and public safety workshop; keynote addresses from Carol Realini, CEO of Obopay; Bernard Kim, Head of North American Sales for Electronic Arts; John Smedley, CEO of Sony Online Entertainment; Jorey Ramer, Vice President, Corporate Development, JumpTap; Steve Andler, Vice President, Marketing, Networks in Motion; Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm; and Ben Vos, Vice President, Core Technologies, Sprint Nextel; and panel sessions that focused on the evolution from CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A, to Rev. B and beyond. To close out the conference, a panel of C-level executives from KDDI (Japan), SK Telecom (Korea), Sprint Nextel and Starcomms (Nigeria) discussed their experiences in deploying CDMA2000 and the current and future opportunities and challenges they face.

By the numbers, CDMA2000 leads the industry in the following categories:
- Voice capacity and quality
Up to 66 simultaneous calls per sector with call clarity MOS scores of 3.73, similar to wireline
- Broadband data throughput
Mobile data downloads averaging 600kbps 1.4Mbps per user
- Network latency
Return transmission time delays averaging less than 50 msec
- Coverage
Extended cell coverage solutions extending signal connectivity up to 150 km
- Affordable devices
Up to 56 Very Low End (VLE) devices from 13 suppliers
- Service selection
Well over 2000 distinct applications and revenue-generating services
- Revenue per user
An average global ARPU of around $35, calculated from 200 operators
- Total cost of network ownership
As low as $10 per connection, based on greater spectral efficiencies and robust RF propagation characteristics
- Topology flexibility
Cost-effective delivery of services in densely populated urban markets as well as sparsely populated rural areas; from developed to emerging markets
- Network flexibility
Fixed, WLL, limited mobility, or full mobility networks; circuit and packet switched connections; contiguous or non-contiguous coverage; 450, 700, 800, 1700, 1900 and 2100MHz frequency assignments and multi-band combinations
- WLL services
More than 140 deployments, making it the de facto global standard for WLL services

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