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The 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards were presented on Tuesday, September
28, 2004 at the 2004 CDMA Americas Congress.
3G CDMA Industry Achievement
Awards Recognize Excellence In CDMA2000 |
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| 3G CDMA Industry Achievement
Award recipients |
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Industry Leadership Award:
This award is given to the individual who has provided dynamic leadership
in 3G CDMA industry activities, including contributions to standards development
and the growth and evolution of CDMA. |
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Mr. Wang Jianzhou, China Unicom
Wang Jianzhou of China Unicom, for demonstrating extraordinary leadership
in CDMA activities throughout Asia and worldwide. |
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International Leadership:
This award is given to the company that has contributed significantly to
the expansion of 3G CDMA through system deployments. |
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KDDI
KDDI, for its top share of net subscriber increase in the Japanese market
and its leadership in 3G in Japan, as well as for its launch of 1xEV-DO
services, branded as WIN. |
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Reliance Infocomm
Reliance Infocomm, for emerging as the largest wireless operator in India
since deploying CDMA2000 in March 2003, with more than 8 million customers. |
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Service Innovation:
This award is given to the carrier that has leveraged the capabilities of
3G CDMA to introduce innovative services to the market. |
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SK Telecom
SK Telecom, for launching the world’s first video telephony service
over 1xEV-DO. |
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Subscriber Technology Innovation:
This award is given to the company that demonstrates 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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SANYO Electric Co., Ltd
SANYO Electric Co. Ltd., for INFOBAR, a design-centric slim candybar handset
offering a variety of multimedia capabilities. |
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Network Technology Innovation:
This award is given to the company that has introduced network capabilities
that allow CDMA carriers flexible and cost-effective solutions for implementing
advanced features and an easy solution path to further enhancements. |
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Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies, for demonstrated global leadership in the development
of CDMA2000 standards, contributing to the growth of CDMA2000 worldwide. |
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Innovative Solutions:
This Award is given to the company that has brought new ideas and different
approaches to product deployment. Solutions provide value-added, cost-effective
implementations for operators supporting the advancement of CDMA into the
market. |
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Comverse
Comverse, for the implementation of its Multimedia Messaging Service Center
and eXtensible Messaging Framework, which enable users to send and receive
messages with media elements such as text, image, sound and video. |
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| Consumer Awards Category Winners
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| The CDG is pleased to partner with Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) on the Consumer Awards. |
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Innovative Application of Music/Audio:
Given to the application developer that has leveraged the capabilities of
the 3G wireless medium to offer unique and appealing music and/or audio
applications to the consumer market. |
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WIZ Technologies
WIZ Technologies, for its CrazyTones ringtone application that takes advantage
of QCELP to provide truly unique ringtones. |
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Innovative Mobile Game Development:
Given to the game developer that has leveraged the capabilities of the 3G
wireless medium to introduce a unique title or re-develop a console game
with broad appeal to the consumer market. |
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JAMDAT Mobile Inc.
JAMDAT Mobile Inc., for its JAMDAT Bejeweled and JAMDAT Bowling 2 Multiplayer
games, offering a real-time, one-on-one mobile multiplayer gaming experience. |
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Sprint
Sprint, for the Sprint Game Lobby, the first carrier-based game community
in the world, which attracted more than 150,000 subscribers in just a
few months after launch. |
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Innovative Use of Messaging:
Given to the application developer that has leveraged the capabilities of
the 3G wireless medium to offer applications to the consumer market that
have an innovative use of messaging. |
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LightSurf
LightSurf, for its PictureMail picture messaging service, a user-friendly
system that manages more than 5 million picture messages a month. |
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Innovative Entertainment Technology Development:
Given to the platform developer that has leveraged the capabilities of the
3G wireless medium to develop technologies that enable developers to create
innovative entertainment applications. |
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Tira Wireless
Tira Wireless, for its Tira Jump patent-pending software platform that
enables handset manufacturers, mobile operators, application developers
and publishers to overcome the challenges of device fragmentation and
port applications across a broad range of handsets, languages and mobile
operator requirements. |
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| Enterprise Awards Category Winners |
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The CDG is pleased to partner with Mobile Enterprise Magazine on the Enterprise Awards. |
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Innovative Wireless Enterprise Solution Implementation:
Given to the company that has implemented a wireless enterprise application
via a 3G network with the aim of streamlining operations, increasing worker
productivity and achieving a compelling return on investment. |
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Valkyrie Commissioning Services, Inc.
Valkyrie Commissioning Services, Inc., for implementing a CDMA2000 wireless
productivity mobile application solution using mobile phones to access
e-mail and supplier information. |
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| Innovative Wireless Enterprise Solution Development:
Given to the application developer that has leveraged the capabilities
of the 3G wireless medium to offer innovative mobile applications that enable
companies to streamline their operations, increase worker productivity and
achieve a compelling return on their investments. |
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Telefónica Móviles (Perú)
Telefónica Móviles (Perú), for its wireless security
application designed to let users send alarms, emergency signals and event
location data remotely to security management centers. Used by the San
Miguel Municipality Security Division, Peru. |
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2004 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award Winners
  
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