Qualcomm and Teleepoch Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October 6, 2007

MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6, 2007

Brazilian government to publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007

KTF 3G service suffers from technical problems, October 6, 2007

Argentina’s Personal lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007

Russia has it's first 3G network, October 6, 2007

AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007

Enea Extends License Agreement with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007

LG to unveil premium handsets in Brazil, October 2, 2007

KTF 3G subscribers doubled in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007

3G policy in India will be non-uniform, October 2, 2007

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CCF announces first authorized 3G certification test facility

November 15, 2005

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced the first CDMA Certification Forum (CCF) test facility authorized to certify CDMA2000 devices for commercial availability -- NEWS IQ Labs headquartered in San Diego, California.

The CCF (www.globalccf.org) is a global forum working towards streamlining the way 3G devices are tested and prepared for commercialization. The mission of the forum is to develop and implement a standardized global certification process that will significantly reduce the time and cost of bringing 3G devices to market.

"The CCF is an essential industry effort to improve the availability, interoperability and affordability of CDMA2000 devices," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "The CCF test process is an evolutionary step forward from the existing CDG test process, and with the availability of authorized test labs worldwide it will continue moving our industry in the right direction."

NEWS IQ Labs (www.newsiq-inc.com) is ready to begin accepting CDMA2000 1X devices that are designed per the CDG's Global Handset Requirements for CDMA (GHRC) -- a set of standards-based handset requirements documents that use a consistent format, language, set of references and definitions. Using a combination of laboratory and field tests over a period of a month, the lab will verify whether or not a device is ready for certification by the forum. Once the modem layer functionality, product conformance, network interoperability and essential performance of the device are certified, it is ready for shipment to most any CDMA market worldwide.

James Fraley, CEO of NEWS IQ, said that he "Looks forward to assisting the CDMA industry in bringing terminals to market faster using the non-proprietary testing process."

As an independent testing and evaluation laboratory that supports the rapid commercialization of next-generation CDMA devices, NEWS IQ Labs will be leading the way toward streamlining how the CDMA industry gets its products to market.

"We are working hard to authorize several other test labs around the world to increase the availability of the CCF certification process and reduce the queue for testing the commercial readiness of CDMA devices," said Thomas Erickson, president and CEO of the CCF. "The uniform and clearly defined CCF test process will allow device manufacturers to have devices certified only once before shipping it to any operator worldwide, resulting in great improvements in test efficiency and significant reduction in test cost. Meanwhile, the time and cost savings realized by the CCF test process will allow infrastructure vendors and operators to focus on testing the value-added services that differentiate their product offerings in the marketplace."