MEDIA ADVISORY, April 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: The 2005 CDMA Latin America Regional Conference will highlight the advantages of CDMA2000(r) for universal access, broadband data and advanced voice services. Leading wireless carriers, equipment vendors, content publishers, analysts and government officials will offer their knowledge and experiences on the benefits of and future for CDMA2000 in the rapidly expanding Latin American wireless market. The conference will feature presentations and workshops on international roaming, universal access and CDMA450, the future of 3G in Latin America, and advanced services, applications and content with CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO. WHO: Presenters at this year's conference are executives and analysts from leading companies in the wireless industry, including: Centennial Dominicana (Dominican Republic), China Unicom, CITEL, Disney Internet Group Latin America, Eurotel (Czech Republic), Gartner, Iusacell (Mexico), MSI (Indonesia), Rede@Telecom, Signals Consulting, Sprint (U.S.), Telefinance Advisors, Telefonica Moviles Peru, Unefon (Mexico), Verizon Wireless (U.S.), Vodafone (Netherlands), and WIZ Technologies. Huawei, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Nortel Networks and Qualcomm are senior sponsors. Additional sponsors include Airvana, AnyDATA, Axesstel, Bitfone, Ericsson, Gemplus, Kyocera Wireless, Samsung, Starent Networks, Syniverse, UTStarcomm/Audiovox, Verisign, and ZTE. The conference is endorsed by VIVO. The CDMA Development Group (www.cdg.org) is an association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA technologies. The more than 100 member companies of the CDG include many of the world's largest wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers. Primary activities of the CDG include development of CDMA features and services, public relations, education and seminars, regulatory affairs and international support. For more information about the CDG, visit its Web site at www.cdg.org. WHEN: April 18-20, 2005 WHERE: Hotel Sofitel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PRESS REGISTRATION: For more information about the 2005 CDMA Latin America Regional Conference, please contact the CDG News Bureau at +1 714-540-1030 x17.