Contents menu . . . . . . . . . . . Cover Editorial TelecomTV Newsdesk The Evolution of 3G CDMA: One big happy family The start of the search for a single standard Raising the standards - and burying the hatchet Getting real - and looking forward Cisco Systems TelecomCEO . . . . . . . . . . . Previous issues September 2004 review July/August 2004 review June 2004 review May 2004 review April 2004 review 3GSM World 2004 review . . . . . . . . . . . TelecomTV home November’s 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong was particularly notable because it demonstrated for the first time the maturing not only of third generation technologies but also a more realistic and accommodating approach between rival technology factions. As 3G evolves and as the market for 3G services and applications accelerates towards a critical mass that will propel 3G into a chain reaction of mass consumer usage, the industry, vendors, interest groups and operators alike, have come to the realisation that 3G, of whatever particular local or regional flavour, will, by and large be based on some form of CDMA. And that, as you will see from the pages of this month’s Telecom TV Review, is what happened - old animosities are being forgotten and the focus is on getting 3G out there.