Standards

3G Americas Applauds Standards Progress of LTE

Bellevue, WA, January 21, 2008 - With the recent approval of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology specifications by the leading global wireless standards organization 3GPP, LTE is on target and continuing its momentum as the next phase of technology development for the GSM family of technologies, according to industry association 3G Americas.

“3G Americas has consistently supported the 3GPP standards for the GSM family of technologies and we applaud the progress of the LTE standard. LTE is a dynamic OFDM-based next generation technology with a great future. 3G Americas is committed to not only today’s global leading standards of GSM, EDGE and UMTS/HSPA but also to the innovation that LTE provides our industry,” stated Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas.

The GSM Association (GSMA) has today published the first in a series of ‘Technical Guidelines’ white papers on mobile NFC (Near Field Communication) services, providing the consolidated views of mobile operators as input to support the standardization of NFC technology. More than twenty mobile operators, including many of the largest in the world, have been working together in the GSMA’s initiative to develop a common vision for Mobile NFC services. The initiative aims to support the development of a stable and efficient NFC ecosystem and promote interoperability, leading to standardization on a global scale.

The Mobile Operators involved in the NFC initiative serve more than 800 million mobile users. They are: Bouygues Telecom; China Mobile; AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless); Elisa; KPN; KTF; Mobilkom Austria; NTT DoCoMo Inc.; Orange; Rogers Wireless; SFR; SKTelecom; Telefónica; Telenor; TeliaSonera; Telecom Italia; TMN; Turkcell; Vodafone and ‘3’.