CDG : News & Events : 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards

The 3G Industry Achievement Awards were presented on Tuesday, June 12, 2001, during the gala cocktail reception at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong.
	Industry Leadership Award: Given to the individual who has provided the most dynamic leadership in 3G CDMA industry activities, including contributions to standards development and the growth and evolution of CDMA.

	Oliver Valente, for his leadership with Sprint PCS' Wireless Web offerings and their migration to 3G.


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

	SK Telecom, for their deployment of the world's first 3G system with their launch of CDMA2000 in October 2000.

	Service Innovation Award: Given to the operator that has leveraged the capabilities of 3G CDMA to introduce innovative and industry leading services to the market.

	Sprint PCS, for their innovative push towards enhanced services with their Wireless Web offerings.

	Subscriber Technology 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 CDMA, offering consumers state of the art terminals in terms of both features and packaging.

	Kyocera Wireless, for the design and functionality of the Kyocera Smartphone QCP 6035.

	Infrastructure Technology Innovation Award: Given to the company that has introduced network capabilities that allow 3G operators flexible and cost effective solutions for implementing advanced features and an easy evolution path to future enhancements.

	Lucent Technologies, for their portfolio of global network solutions for the mobile Internet and their support of 1xEV-DO.

	Innovative Solutions Award: Given to the company that has 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 3G CDMA2000 into the market.

	QUALCOMM, for BREW, which opens up CDMA networks to more applications, a development that will promote consumer demand and increased differentiation between network providers.