2000 CDMA Industry Achievement Awards

The 2000 CDMA Industry Achievement Awards were presented on June 13, 2000 during the World Congress in Hong Kong.

Industry Leadership Award:
Given to the individual who has provided the most dynamic leadership in CDMA industry activities, including contributions to standards development and the growth and evolution of CDMA.

Dr. Irwin Jacobs, for his contributions to the development of CDMA technology.

International Leadership Award:
Given to the companies that have contributed significantly to the expansion of CDMA worldwide through system deployments and/or implementation of international roaming.

DDI Corporation, IDO Corporation, Hutchison Telecom (HK), Shinsegi Telecomm and GTE TSI for the establishment of cdmaOne automatic roaming service between Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.

Service Innovation Award:
Given to the operators that have leveraged the capabilities of cdmaOne to introduce innovative and industry leading services to the market.

Bell Mobility, for "Data on the Go", one of the first wireless data services to market. Bell Mobility has formed numerous partnerships with news, e-commerce and financial services, and offers a wide variety of CDMA handsets to deliver content.

SK Telecom, for their deployment of high-speed data networks. SK Telecom is a leader among CDMA carriers to deploy IS-95B with 64 KBPS data capability, and has publicly announced plans to deploy 1X before the end of 2000.

Subscriber Product Innovation Award:
Given to the company that has demonstrated forward thinking in terms of services supported and terminal design. Resulting products take advantage of the inherent benefits and latest technological developments of cdmaOne, offering consumers state of the art handsets in terms of both features and packaging.

Samsung, for their overall portfolio of CDMA handsets, which includes a wide variety of models, many of them browser-enabled.

Infrastructure Product Innovation Award:
Given to the companies that have introduced network elements that allow operators flexible and cost effective solutions for urban, suburban and rural implementations incorporating today's advanced cdmaOne features with an easy evolution path to future enhancements for CDMA2000.

US West, Alcatel, Ericsson and Nortel Networks for PCS Access Network, the first multi-vendor integrated wireless/wireline architecture in the US, which utilizes Interoperability Specification (IOS) and SS7 over IP signaling.

Innovative Solutions Award:
Given to the companies that have brought new ideas and different approaches to product deployment in their respective disciplines. Resulting solutions provide value-added, cost-effective implementations for operators supporting the advancement of cdmaOne and CDMA2000 into the market.

China Unicom and Gemplus for the development of the CDMA Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card specification.

Third Generation Pioneer Award:
Given to the company that has contributed most significantly to ensuring the smooth migration path to Third Generation (3G) for cdmaOne through contributions to standards, harmonization efforts and product or service planning.

Qualcomm CDMA Technologies for the 3G chipset, which will enable 1X to come to market rapidly.

Five Year Anniversary Recognition:
Given to Hutchison and Motorola in commemoration of the five year anniversary of the first commercial CDMA launch (Hong Kong, 1995).