A Cooperation Framework Agreement Was Signed between TD-SCDMA Forum and CDMA Development Group (CDG)
2005-7-4

On June 29th, 2005, with the unanimous agreement of the board members of TD-SCDMA Forum, a framework agreement on cooperation was signed between Dr. Jing Wang (Secretary General of TD-SCDMA Forum) and Mr. Perry LaForge (Executive Director of CDMA Development Group (CDG)) during the 6th China 3G Mobile International Summit and Exhibition. According to the agreement, the two parties will be cooperating in areas of technology, regulatory, standard, marketing and public relationship, and information exchanges. The organizations will cooperate to develop joint market opportunities for CDMA2000? TD-SCDMA technologies worldwide.

The two parties will cooperate in areas such as strategies, standard, technical interoperability. The parties will also cooperate on applications and feature development to promote the adoption of advanced 3G services in the world. In addition, TD-SCDMA Forum and CDG will joint their efforts to promote the roaming capabilities between TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000 systems and collaborate on the future evolution of wireless technologies.

In the regulatory issues governing wireless communications, TD-SCDMA Forum and CDG will promote spectrum allocation for advanced wireless services and promote regulatory policies that enable rapid deployment of advanced wireless services.

Moreover, the two parties will have regular major information exchanges and keep each other informed of concerning marketing and public relation programs and activities of mutual interest.

“We are looking forward to working with the CDG to deliver advanced wireless communication services that meet the needs of our consumers,” said Dr. Wang Jing, Secretary-General, TD-SCDMA Forum. “Through our relationship with the CDG, we will be able to combine knowledge and resources to ensure that the momentum in delivering TD-SCDMA services to market continues.”

“The CDG is dedicated to promoting 3G CDMA across the globe,” said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. “The cooperation agreement with the TD-SCDMA Forum underscores our commitment to ensuring 3G CDMA’s success with seamless connectivity across all CDMA platforms.”

The signing of this agreement marks an important step of the internationalization of TD-SCDMA technology and standard. We believe that in the future, the advantages of TD-SCDMA Forum as a neutral and public organization will be brought into full play. This will benefit the whole TD-SCDMA industry chain and will further facilitate the internationalization of TD-SCDMA.