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To: carranza2 who wrote (144411)	8/19/2006 11:13:23 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 152472

The PPs and their OPs and MRPs c2, << The CDMA Development Group is a market representative member of 3GGP and undoubtedly has some input into things on its own, though its members probably don't get to vote. >> CDG is not a Market Representation Partner (MRP) of 3GPP and it does not have Observor status in 3GOPP either. CDG applied for membership as an MRP in 2000, but was unwilling to comply with 3GPP requirements and their application for membership was declined after about a year of active dialogue between the Partnership Project and CDG. In addition to the 5 Organizational Partners (OPs) of 3GPP - the SSOs/SDOs of Europe, Japan, Korea, China, and the USA -- there are currently 8 Market Representation Partners ... * 3G Americas (USA) * GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association (UK) * GSM Association (Ireland) * IPv6 Forum (USA) * mobileIGNITE (USA) * TD SCDMA Forum (China) * TD SCDMA Industry Alliance (China) * UMTS Forum 3gpp.org CDG is an MRP of 3GPP2 and the other MRPs of that PP are ... * International 450 Association * IPv6 Forum (USA) * mobileIGNITE (USA) << Yes, Q was present at many of those meetings. >> As an ETSI member and a 3GPP member by virtue of that membership, QUALCOMM has been an ongoing Contributing Participant in 3GPP TSG GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Network) since its formal inception in August 2000. From that initial meeting forward subjects under discussion included technology for which QUALCOMM now claims GSM EDGE IPR (the AMR codec which has many contributors holding declared essential IP, e.g.). - Eric -