re: TAPS for the UWCC
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake,
From the skies.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
These links are now inaccssible and there is no redirection (yet).
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>> TDMA Operators Group To Close In Anticipation Of 3G Migration
Cellular News
28th December 2001
The TDMA operators organization, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) has announced that its Board of Governors has voted to dissolve the organization in the near future.
"The UWCC has successfully served its mission to develop and promote TDMA, EDGE, and WIN technologies and their interoperability with GSM and WCDMA (UMTS) over the past five years," stated Frank Urbany, Chairman of the UWCC Board of Governors. "After careful consideration, the UWCC Board of Governors have reached the decision that the Consortium will come to an orderly conclusion since technical development work on TDMA has been completed and further implementation of 3G technical strategies can be accomplished through the recently announced new organization for TDMA and GSM communities in the Americas."
While serving its mission for seamless global communications, the UWCC set the stage for TDMA operators' migration to GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA (UMTS) technologies by entering into agreements with the GSM community and its representative organizations to continue work on GAIT (GSM ANSI-136 Interoperability Team) and other projects. The UWCC will continue operations for a short period of time to ensure a smooth and orderly shutdown of operations. <<
>> New Wireless Trade Organization To Establish
December 21, 2001
Telecom.Paper
Major wireless operators and equipment manufacturers have announced commitments to establish a new global wireless trade organization focused on the Americas that embraces the world's most popular wireless technologies.
The founding group of companies for the new alliance includes AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Compaq, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Openwave Systems, Rogers AT&T Wireless (Canada) and Siemens.
The new association will represent five principle technologies deployed in the Americas: GSM, TDMA, GPRS, EDGE, and WCDMA (UMTS).
This commitment marks a significant milestone, providing representation and cooperation for a smooth transition to 3G services in the Americas, especially as a growing number of leading carriers commit to the GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA (UMTS) technology migration.
"We will unify the Americas wireless voice for these five technologies, for the first time, representing many TDMA and GSM operators and vendors in North, Central, and South America," stated Bill Clift, Chief Technical Officer for Cingular Wireless and one of the new organization's founding members. "Our core planning group is moving forward to launch the new organization in the first quarter of 2002."
The mission of the new, as-yet-unnamed, organization will be to promote, educate, and advocate for the success of the five wireless technologies and their seamless evolution to future generations, thereby advancing the wireless industry in the Americas for the benefit of consumers. The new association, representing TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and WCDMA (UMTS) technologies, will work with regulatory bodies, technical standards bodies, and other global wireless organizations for seamless interoperability and convergence.
The new organization expects to be aligned with the interests of the GSM Association worldwide body and will fully support the Third Generation Technology migration strategy GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA (UMTS) adopted by many operators in the Americas.
Already, a core group of companies have initiated the development of the organization with their pledge of support. Additionally, the association expects to add numerous Latin American operators in its first year of operation. <<
In Memorium
>> The UWCC "was" a Bellevue, Washington-based international consortium of more than 100 wireless carriers and vendors promoting the development, evolution and deployment of seamless global wireless solutions based upon TDMA, EDGE, and WIN technologies and their interoperability and convergence with GSM and UMTS. The UWCC further "used to" support GAIT for the implementation of seamless worldwide communications.
Board Members of the UWCC "used to" include: AT&T Wireless Services (USA), BCP SA (Brazil), BellSouth Colombia (Colombia), Cable & Wireless (UK), Cellcom (Israel), Cingular Wireless (USA), Compaq Computers, Ericsson, Industar/KJR, Inc. (USA), Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Movilnet (Venezuela), Nokia Mobile Phones, Rogers AT&T Wireless (Canada), Sony, Telecom Personal (Argentina), and Telefonica Unifon (Argentina). <<
R.I.P.
- Eric - |
