GLOBAL UMTS TDD ALLIANCE MEMBERS TO SPEAK AT WCA, JUNE 1-4, 2004
Washington, DC -/May 31, 2004 The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-- The Global UMTS TDD Alliance announced today that four member companies will speak at the WCA Conference, June 1-4, 2004 in Washington, DC. In addition, Alliance member Axcera will be demonstrating video conferencing over UMTS TDD in booth 229.
Speakers and topics include:
· Dr. Sebilesto Mokone-Matabane, Chief Executive Officer, Sentech 2:15 - 3:00pm, Tuesday, June 2
Dr. Sebilesto Mokone-Matabane, the chief executive officer of Sentech, a leading South African telecommunications and broadcast services company, will present "South Africa as a National Case Study for UMTS TDD Services." Sentech is in the process of deploying one of the largest UMTS
TDD networks in the world, now covering parts of Johannesburg, Midrand, Pretoria and Durban, with testing of their Cape Town deployment underway.
· Jim Madsen, Senior Vice President, Strategy, NextWave Telecom 4:00 - 4:45pm, Wednesday, June 2
Jim Madsen, senior vice president of strategy of NextWave Telecom, which provides broadband wireless services to consumer and business markets will speak at a panel called "Customer Perspectives on Emerging Wireless Broadband Requirements." With spectrum licenses that cover that majority of major markets in the United States, NextWave is currently trialing UMTS
TDD technology.
· David Neff, President and Chief Executive Officer, Axcera 11am - noon, Thursday, June 3
David Neff, president and chief executive officer of Axcera, a leading provider of transmission equipment for the television broadcast and broadband wireless access industries, will participate in the "Comparing Standards & Certification Solutions" panel. Axcera with partner Fastcomm is deploying the infrastructure for Sentech's UMTS TDD network.
· Derek Kerton, Director, Global UMTS TDD Alliance
2:45 - 3:15pm, Thursday, June 3
Derek Kerton will participate in a panel called "Comparing WiMAX & UMTS TDD Carrier Opportunities," and will cite examples of how UMTS TDD is delivering today what WiMAX expects to deliver in 2006.
"A standards-based technology that is available now, UMTS TDD offers the fastest and highest capacity mobile platform in the world today, and has been commercially deployed on five continents to great subscriber response," said Derek Kerton, Director, Global UMTS TDD Alliance. "With our membership expanded to 40 leading operators and vendors, it is clear that interest in next generation wireless broadband in general and UMTS TDD in particular has never been higher."
The UMTS TDD Standard for Broadband Wireless
Many of the biggest trends in telecommunications and technology point to the need for a ubiquitous, very high speed, low latency, packet-based platform to provide broadband and other packet services to users at home, at work, or on the road. The first platform that meets this need and the only one with proven, real-world traction is the TDD variant of the 3G UMTS standard, UMTS TDD (also known as TD-CDMA). Optimized for high-speed data, UMTS TDD can be used by operators and manufacturers worldwide and has emerged as the leading standard for mobile broadband.
UMTS TDD is the best choice for provisioning ubiquitous broadband data and voice services not only because of the unmatched performance and economics of the solution, but its standards-based nature, and the growing market lead of the technology in commercial deployments in several countries around the world, including Australia, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States.
About the Global UMTS TDD Alliance
Created and supported by the growing community of UMTS TDD operators, services providers, and vendors around the world, the Global UMTS TDD
Alliance's goal is to provide a forum for members to share their knowledge and experience with each other and with the public, set requirements for
future solutions, and foster the market environment for solutions based on the UMTS TDD standard. For more information on the Alliance, visit
http://www.umtstdd.org.
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