The CDMA Development Group (CDG), founded in December 1993, is an international consortium of companies who have joined together to lead the adoption and evolution of 3G CDMA wireless systems around the world.

The CDG is comprised of CDMA service providers and manufacturers, application developers and content providers. By working together, the members help to ensure interoperability among systems, while expediting the availability of 3G CDMA technology to consumers.

Mission

To lead the rapid evolution and deployment of 3G CDMA-based systems, based on open standards and encompassing all core architectures, to meet the needs of markets around the world.

The CDG and its members work together to:

• Accelerate the definition of requirements for new CDMA features, services and applications
• Promote industry and public awareness of CDMA capabilities and developments through marketing and public relations activities
• Foster collaboration and the development of consensus among carriers on critical issues to provide direction and leadership for the industry
• Define the evolution path for current and next-generation CDMA systems
• Establish strategic relationships with government ministries, regulatory bodies, and worldwide standards and industry organizations to promote cooperation and consensus on issues facing the CDMA community
• Serve as the worldwide resource for CDMA-related information
• Minimize the time-to-market of new CDMA-based products and services
• Enable global compatibility and interoperability among CDMA systems worldwide
• Create global economies of scale to make CDMA the preferred choice of operators and end users

Organization

The CDG is organized as follows:

CDG Officers
CDG Executive Officers drive the mission and establish priorities of the organization. Officers include the President, Vice Presidents of Industry Relations and Technology, Secretary and Treasurer.

CDG Executive Board

The Executive Board oversees all CDG activities. Participation on the Board is limited to senior executives (e.g., Chief Technical Officers, Chief Operating Officers and Chief Executive Officers) from CDMA network operators.

CDG Executive Board Resolutions

CDG Leadership Council

The Leadership Council is made up of senior executives from CDMA equipment manufacturers. The Council provides input to the Executive Board on issues that impact the CDMA equipment manufacturing community.

CDG Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of executives from member organizations who review and approve the activities of the CDG Technical Teams and address group-related resource issues.

CDG Technical Teams

The CDG Technical Teams consist of carrier and manufacturer business and technical resources dedicated to specific CDMA development tasks.

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