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The 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards were presented on Tuesday, June
11, 2002 at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong.
Wireless Leaders Recognized
for Successful Implementation of 3G CDMA Technologies During Industry
Achievement Awards
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 Stephen
Cole, Brian O'Shaughnessy and Perry LaForge presenters of the 3G CDMA Industry
Achievement Awards. |
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 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 3G CDMA. |
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Dr. Jae Byun
Vice President Byun, the manager in charge of Radio Access Network development
in SK Telecom, has successfully commercialized CDMA2000 1xEV-DO ahead
of any other country in the world. He has also conveyed the technical
superiority of CDMA by reporting its successes at industry events around
the world. At home in Korea, he has always been eager to promote the success
of CDMA to press, investors, other operators and manufacturers by means
of live demonstrations of cutting-edge services and press releases.
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 International
Leadership Award:
Given to the company that has contributed significantly to the expansion
of 3G CDMA through system deployments. |
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KT Freetel
Since its inception, KTF has been a very strong advocate for CDMA
technology. A significant contributor to the first commercial 3G deployments,
KTF selected and deployed CDMA2000 earlier than many other major service
providers. KTF launched CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service in May 2002. KTF has
promoted CDMA data services vigorously with innovative marketing approaches
like their "Magic N Multipack Services" using icons. Since launching
this new service last November, KTF has attracted 600,000 new subscribers
for this new service alone. Their continuing innovation of new ideas such
as Magic N Multipack has contributed significantly to promote CDMA-based
services.
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 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. |
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KDDI
KDDI's EZweb/B, EZweb@mail and EZwebmultimedia data service applications
are leading the industry, providing its customers with nationwide location-based
services powered by gpsOne technology, as well as new features like ezmovie
where a customer can download a movie file and then play it.
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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 3G CDMA,
offering consumers state of the art terminals in terms of both features
and packaging. |
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung has an impressive array of more than 40 models of CDMA2000 1X
phones and devices with advances such as color screens and cameras. Samsung
also recently announced one of the first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO phones to market.
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 Infrastructure
Technology Innovation Award:
Given to the company that has introduced network capabilities that allow
CDMA operators flexible and cost effective solutions for implementing advanced
features and an easy evolution path to future enhancements. |
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Nortel Networks and Sprint PCS
For pioneering Advanced Smart Antenna technology which directly addresses
cost effectiveness of infrastructure and can help operators to maximize
network capacity.
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 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 CDMA2000 into the market. |
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Hewlett-Packard Company / SignalSoft Corporation / Sprint
PCS / SnapTrack/Qualcomm
On December 24, 2001, Sprint PCS announced the launch of
E911 Phase II services on its network in Rhode Island. These services
allow Sprint PCS customers in Rhode Island to automatically send their
location information to emergency dispatchers when using a Global Positioning
System (GPS) phone. The launch marks the first availability of E911 Phase
II services on the Sprint PCS network and makes Sprint PCS the first wireless
carrier in the United States to offer this service with handset-based
location technology.
Hewlett-Packard Company provided the Himalaya hardware
platform that the SignalSoft and SnapTrack software resided on.
SignalSoft provides the location-based software that enables
Sprint to deploy emergency services to its mobile subscribers. SignalSoft
products include the location gateway, called Location Manager™,
and the emergency services application, called SafetyFirst™, that
routes the emergency calls to the nearest Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP).
SnapTrack, Inc., pioneer of Wireless Assisted GPS™
(A-GPS) location systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM Inc.,
is the provider of Sprint’s location technology for their emergency
services.
The combination of SignalSoft's Location Manager and SafetyFirst
software products, and SnapTrack's A-GPS location technology, provide
an integrated "best of breed," end-to-end solution for mobile
operators.
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