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To: Pierre who wrote (22567)	2/5/1999 6:25:00 PM
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Forum Examines 2 Cdma Standards> From the February 8, 1999 issue of Wireless Week Forum Examines Two CDMA Standards By Caron Carlson WASHINGTON--Another forum to discuss third-generation wireless standards cropped up outside the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union late last month. This group may offer something new, however, in that it promotes harmonization but may be willing to support two code division multiple access standards. The Telecommunications Industry Associationone of the two U.S. standards development organizations involved in the ITU's 3G initiativespearheaded the new forum at its meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, the last week in January. Known as "3G Partnership Project 2," the new group comprises Japan's two standards bodiesthe Association of Radio Industries and Businesses and the Telecommunications Technology Committeeand South Korea's Telecommunications Technology Association. "We asked, 'Does it make sense for birds of a feather to work together,'" said Dan Bart, TIA vice president of standards and technology. "The major difference [between the new group and previous groups] is that this is a multilateral activity as opposed to domestic or global." The decade-long 3G initiative has spawned myriad groups and sub-groups at the global, regional, national and technology level. Participants in the initiative attend ITU meetings, national standards organization meetings, technology alliance meetings and now partnership project meetings. For manufacturers and operators involved with numerous standards, the demand of constant meetings can be draining. "I am always very, very heartened to see people working in a cooperative way and to see people interested in finding solutions to this 3G imbroglio," said William Plummer, vice president of government and industry affairs at Nokia Corp. "However, there seems to be an awful lot of different bodies doing this same work." Not to be confused with first 3G partnership project, 3GPP2 does not include the European Telecommunications Standards Institute as a partner. Many observers of the protracted and often contentious 3G debate question how effective a partnership project can be in reaching a global solution if it does not include all major players. "The way to derive the best outcome from any of these groups is to ensure that all of the relevant standards bodies are invited to participate," Plummer said.