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International 450 International 450 AssociationAssociation
(IA 450)(IA 450)
Prepared forPrepared forIFAST IFAST
ByByEd Hall, Ed Hall,
IFAST ConvenerIFAST Convener
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Legal Standing and PurposeLegal Standing and Purpose The International 450 Association (IA 450) is
a non-profit international organization under Swedish law (www.ia450.org)
The Purposes of the IA 450 are as follows: • to promote the global use of the 450 MHz and the
surrounding bands for CDMA2000 ; • to broaden the market for CDMA2000 systems in
450 MHz allowing members to benefit from economies of scale;
• to promote identification in the ITU Radio Regulations of the 450 MHz and the surrounding bands for IMT-2000 on a global basis;
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Purpose Cont’d Purpose Cont’d
• to ensure further establishment and continued operation of an international roaming service between IA450 operators,
• to support the members in their operation and business while using the common NMT450* during their migration to CDMA2000 systems in the 450 MHz frequency band.
* Nordic Mobile Telephone
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IA 450 ActivitiesIA 450 Activities In order to achieve its purposes, the IA
450 commits to these activities: • Establish strategic relationships with
national telecom administrations and regulatory bodies, international standards and industry organizations to promote global use of 450 MHz by CDMA2000 systems;
• Participate in the ITU, European Commission, CEPT and other relevant international and regional regulatory and SDOs ensuring 450 MHz band is always considered.
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IA 450 ActivitiesIA 450 Activities
Promote policy to allow national use of the 450 MHz spectrum for CDMA2000;
Promote industry and public awareness of advantages, capabilities and developments of CDMA2000 in 450 MHz;
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IA 450 ActivitiesIA 450 Activities (Interoperability) (Interoperability)
Facilitate network compatibility and interoperability among CDMA2000 450 MHz operators to ensure roaming;
Facilitate network compatibility and interoperability between CDMA2000 systems in the 450 MHz and other wireless technologies in other frequency bands, such as second generation systems and IMT-2000.
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IA 450 RelationshipsIA 450 Relationships
Establish/participate in frameworks for international roaming agreements;
Establish working relationships and MoUs with relevant international organizations as appropriate;
Serve as a technical and business information resource to facilitate rapid implementation of IMT-2000 in the 450 MHz band world-wide.
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MembershipMembership
IA 450 has IA 450 has 33 ClassesClasses of Members: of Members:• OperatorOperator ( (deploying or operating a 450 network)
• VendorVendor (shipping products to enable Tech) (shipping products to enable Tech)• AssociateAssociate (Public Support; i.e., Press). (Public Support; i.e., Press).
Inherited MembershipInherited Membership: : All members of the All members of the NMT AssocNMT Assoc are admitted w/o application or are admitted w/o application or approval.approval.
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Meeting LocationsMeeting Locations
IA 450 conducts approximately IA 450 conducts approximately 3 Plenary3 Plenary meetings annually and BoD meetings more meetings annually and BoD meetings more frequent. Locations include:frequent. Locations include:-St. Petersburg, Russia - Stockholm, Sweden-St. Petersburg, Russia - Stockholm, Sweden
-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Budapest, Hungary-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Budapest, Hungary
-London-London - Turku, Finland - Turku, Finland
-Moscow - Shenzhen, China-Moscow - Shenzhen, China
-Bucharest, Romania - Prague-Bucharest, Romania - Prague
-Are, Sweden - Rome-Are, Sweden - Rome
-Warsaw - -Warsaw - Boston, USA (2000)Boston, USA (2000)
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IA 450IA 450LeadershipLeadership
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IA 450 MHzIA 450 MHz
World WideWorld Wide
SystemsSystems
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Recent PressRecent Press
6/05: 6/05: Rural CDMA launched in Rural CDMA launched in ArgentinaArgentina
China's Huawei and Argentina's CoTeCal China's Huawei and Argentina's CoTeCal have announced the successful have announced the successful commercial launch of the first 450MHz commercial launch of the first 450MHz CDMA2000 1x & 1x EV-DO end-to-end CDMA2000 1x & 1x EV-DO end-to-end network deployed in the entire area of network deployed in the entire area of Latin America Latin America
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Recent PressRecent Press 3G CDMA For The African Market 3G CDMA For The African Market 13/05/2005: 13/05/2005: CDMA2000 Brings Affordable Voice and CDMA2000 Brings Affordable Voice and
High-Speed Data Services to Bridge the Digital High-Speed Data Services to Bridge the Digital Divide: Divide: CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org) CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org) today announced that CDMA2000® technologies are today announced that CDMA2000® technologies are an ideal platform to expand the reach of an ideal platform to expand the reach of communication services to millions of people in communication services to millions of people in Africa…and especially at 450 MHz, make it a cost Africa…and especially at 450 MHz, make it a cost effective solution for reaching remote, low-density effective solution for reaching remote, low-density areas. areas.