COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Indian CDMA operators Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices Ltd. are set to offer data-enabled CDMA2000 phones to their most price-sensitive customers by leveraging the requirements developed by the CDG’s Global Handset Requirement for CDMA team.
“The developments in India underscore the benefits that the GHRC work can yield and we are pleased to see this becoming a reality,” said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG.
The CDG said it has been facilitating collaboration between operators and handset manufacturers to define requirements for entry-level handsets to support more affordable wireless products and services being made available to cost-sensitive markets. The GHRC team was formed one year ago to define common requirements across multiple networks to streamline the manufacturing and distribution processes. The CDG said that the key initiative of the team is to develop requirements for voice and various levels of data capabilities for entry-level subscribers in developing countries.
“Our leadership in the communications field in India gives us the unique ability to bring new wireless subscribers not just basic data and voice capabilities, but also compelling content including music videos, downloadable ringtones, news and cricket scores,” said Bhagwan Khurana, group president at Reliance.
“Tata Teleservices is deeply committed to offering products and services that will help improve the quality of life of Indians,” said Greg Young, chief technical officer at Tata Teleservices. “Our target audience for ‘Non Stop Mobile’ is definitely the vast masses of India.”
The CDG noted that LG Electronics Co. Ltd., ZTE Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nokia Corp. are providing devices to the Indian market targeted for low-cost voice and data solutions.
