Operators of CDMA mobile-phone networks are calling for greater co-operation to foster faster growth of the technology in the global arena.
At a CDMA operators' summit held in Beijing, a consensus was reached yesterday that carriers must work together to solve common problems in order to facilitate CDMA development.
The CDMA Operators Summit 2002, held by China United Telecommunications, was the first of its kind in the world and attracted nine CDMA operators.
Currently, 23 carriers operate CDMA networks in 15 countries, and serve less than 20 per cent of the world's mobile users.
Qualcomm, the creator of the technology, has forecast global CDMA users will reach 81 million by the end of the year, compared with 66 million last year.
It forecast the dominant GSM networks would add only three million users to reach 327 million.