At ctia, the CDMA Certification Forum Reveals Its Ambitious Objectives For 2008

The CCF is setting up the milestones for a new Global Standard Testing Process

SAN DIEGO, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The CCF (CDMA Certification
Forum), a nonprofit organization that provides the most efficient time and
cost to market certification process available to the CDMA industry today has
announced its participation to the CTIA 2008 that will take place April 1st to
April 3rd in Las Vegas.

During CTIA, the CCF will invite wireless professionals and journalists to
come to its booth (5618) to learn more about the current initiatives the CCF
is working on, among which an improved process that will allow CDMA vendors
and operators worldwide to benefit from a single global certification that
will further reduce time to market and testing cost.

"In 2007, the industry enjoyed the convergence of the CDG and CCF test
organizations into one. In 2008, the CCF is integrating the best of both to
deploy a single global device certification process," says Thomas Erickson,
President and CEO of the CCF. "This sets the foundation that will allow the
CCF to support major CDMA industry initiatives going forward including open
market handsets, inbound roaming, and open access."

It is the commitment of CDMA industry leaders that makes the CCF the success
it is today. Operators such China Unicom, Sprint, Starcomm, Tata, Telus, US
Cellular, and Verizon Wireless provide the focus. Vendors such as Aeroflex,
Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel, Qualcomm, Spirent, and Via Telecom
work closely with the operators and make things happen.

"With such strong commitment of industry players from around the globe, the
CCF is confident in the success of these industry initiatives, yielding
further reductions in time and cost to market for everyone," says Erickson.

The CCF is available today to 252 CDMA operators and 111 manufacturers in 99
countries.

Learn more about the CCF and its members by visiting us at CTIA, booth 5618 or
online at www.globalccf.org.

About the CCF
Every day the CDMA Certification Forum (CCF) is playing a critical role in
ensuring that CDMA2000 devices come to market faster and at a lower cost than
ever before. It certifies that CDMA2000 devices meet the requisite product
conformance, network interoperability, and essential performance
specifications dictated by international standards bodies. A critical
partnership between CDMA operators and vendors, CCF is a global non-profit
organization with members companies from Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin
America and North America. For more information about the CCF, visit the CCF
Web site at www.globalccf.org or contact Sandrine Melfort,
s_melfort@globalccf.org.

SOURCE CDMA Certification Forum

Sandrine Melfort of CCF, +1-303-828-7232, s_melfort@globalccf.org