WHAT:

Excitement is building for the 2002 CDMA Americas Congress, which is co-organized by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) and Institute for International Research (IIR). This year's event features a comprehensive program that will examine 3G network deployments and business and revenue opportunities with CDMA2000 in the Americas. The Congress will include interactive workshops, concurrent mobile business and technology sessions and the Eighth Annual CDMA Test Forum. In addition to the conference, more than 25 companies will showcase the latest innovations in CDMA technology and products.

WHO:

The Americas Congress will feature keynotes from BellSouth Latin America, Ericsson, KDDI, Kyocera Wireless Corp., Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems, Oracle, Qualcomm, SmartCom PCS, Sprint, Sun Microsystems and Verizon Wireless. Additional speakers are executives from Bell Mobility, BellSouth International, IBM, Movilnet, Nextel, SK Telecom, Telstra On Air, Telus Mobility and U.S. Cellular, among others. Event sponsors include Kyocera Wireless Corp., Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, Airvana, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Metawave Communications, Huawei Technologies, Nokia, Spirent Communications and Wavecom. Further information can be found on the event Web site at www.cdma-americas.com.