US
: The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced today the availability
of a white paper on CDMA2000® evolution to 3G and beyond and the
benefits it offers to operators in regards to capacity, data throughput,
enhanced functionality and revenue opportunities. The paper, entitled
“The 3G Evolution – Taking CDMA2000 into the Next Decade,”
was prepared by the Signals Research Group on behalf of the CDG, and
is based on extensive interviews with operators, equipment suppliers
and other industry players. The paper is now available to the public
on the CDG’s website.
“The evolutionary
path of CDMA2000 has enabled operators to migrate to 3G and advanced
broadband wireless technologies ahead of their competitors and to
lead the industry in transition to next generation services,”
said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. “CDMA2000
continues to evolve with CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A and B and future
enhancements, which will allow operators to introduce VoIP, multi-megabit-per-second
speeds, multi-media and broadcast capabilities in the coming years.”
According to the paper’s
sole author, Michael Thelander of the SRG, “Although not always
well understood and appreciated, all 3G technologies are CDMA-based,
and over time will exhibit similar performance characteristics. The
primary difference with CDMA2000 is that the evolution from 2G to
3G, including EV-DO and its future revisions, is relatively seamless
due to backward and forward compatibility, “in-band” migration,
and an aggressive reuse of existing hardware without the need to deploy
an entirely new radio access network. Further, CDMA2000 has a 2-3
year time advantage for those operators that wish to take advantage
of it.”
The paper includes a comprehensive
analysis of the evolutionary path of CDMA technologies, with emphasis
on capabilities of the family of CDMA2000 standards commercially available
today and future revisions and key success factors that have contributed
to the commercial success of the technology. It also provides examples
of how CDMA2000 operators have been able to capitalize on the inherent
advantages of the CDMA2000 evolution path to expand market share and
grow voice and data revenues. The paper clearly demonstrates that
while CDMA2000 and WCDMA technologies offer similar performance, the
CDMA2000 evolutionary path offers operators significant time-to-market
advantage.
The white paper is available
at www.cdg.org.
About CDG
The CDMA Development Group is a trade association formed to foster
the worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA technologies.
The more than 100 member companies of the CDG include many of the
world’s largest wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers.
The primary activities of the CDG include development of CDMA features
and services, public relations, education and seminars, regulatory
affairs and international support. Currently, there are more than
500 individuals working within various CDG subcommittees on CDMA-related
matters.