COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said its Global Handset Requirements for CDMA team has developed and published common requirements for different classes of CDMA2000 handsets to reduce cost and time to market, as well as to facilitate service provisioning across CDMA2000 networks.
“As devices become increasingly more sophisticated and CDMA2000 expands worldwide to markets with very diverse needs, the work of the GHRC is needed to manage the CDMA2000 product portfolio effectively,” commented Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. “Using common requirements, handset manufacturers are able to streamline their development and manufacturing processes, and operators and their customers will have a greater variety of CDMA2000 handsets, quicker and, potentially, at lower cost.”
The GHRC team was established in 2004 with more than 30 CDG member companies. Its objective is to define common requirements for CDMA2000 devices for various services, as well as 1x EV-DO functionality. The team has developed eight requirement documents for various tiers of handsets. Work on requirements for R-UIM (smart card-based) and CDMA 450 MHz handsets is under way.
