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DECT Forum Hosts First Global CAT-iq Market and Developer Conference 2010 (12/4/2010)

The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the home and enterprise communication industry, and Jakajima are pleased to host the first Global CAT-iq Market and Developer Conference in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) on October 19-20, 2010. The Conference will provide first-hand information about the entire process of CAT-iq Certification as well as future applications and next generation CAT-iq profiles. The delegate pre-registration for the CAT-iq Conference is open now.

CAT-iq technology is already impacting the global communication market for telecom, IT, consumer electronics and home automation products. Facing the challenges and the opportunities of CAT-iq now and in the future, the CAT-iq Conference will bring together the whole ecosystem of companies currently deploying CAT-iq technology, building the CAT-iq infrastructure and designing the applications to make this a success.

“With the standardization and imminent certification program for CAT-iq 2.0, the industry has reached an important milestone and technology inflexion point, enabling innovative products and wireless services for IP based broadband home communication”, says Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman of the DECT Forum.

“The Conference aims to leverage the technical development and market deployment of CAT-iq systems and products in 2010, and will assist in developing ideas for new application opportunities beyond voice”, says Daniel Hartnett, Chairman of the CAT-iq Working Group within the DECT Forum.

This event will tackle technical challenges, discuss efficient and innovative solutions, show new business opportunities and will give an outlook into the CAT-iq future. For more information about the first Global CAT-iq Market and Developer Conference – the program, online registration, sponsoring and exhibition opportunities – please contact Jakajima.

The Conference will take place in the Conference Centre at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven (The Netherlands): a stimulating high-tech environment for an innovative conference.

About CAT-iq 2.0 Certification Program:

The CAT-iq certification program promotes CAT-iq to market stakeholders as a technically credible implementation of conformity to a set of standards that will add value to their industry/lives. It ensures interoperability of devices from multiple manufacturers for functionalities defined in CAT-iq. Furthermore the certification program ensures a mandatory level of quality for specific product parameters to achieve consistent user experience for the various stakeholders. All manufacturers, test houses, certification laboratories, and further interested companies, who intend to test and certify CAT-iq devices, will be able to purchase the certification test equipment.

CAT-iq is a registered trademark (in 47 countries worldwide) owned by the DECT Forum, it references features and procedures to corresponding ETSI specifications. Only end products can be approved through the certification program (fixed part and/or portable part). Application for CAT-iq certification is restricted to Full members of the DECT Forum.

About DECT Forum:

The DECT Forum is the international industry association of the home and enterprise communication industry. With more than 800 million devices sold and growing by more than 80 million devices per year, DECT, DECT 6.0 and CAT-iq are worldwide-adopted technologies with high relevance for wireless voice and broadband home and enterprise communication. The DECT Forum is located in Berne, Switzerland. Full members of the DECT Forum are currently: Ascom, AVM, CCT, Cetecom, Deutsche Telekom, DSP Group, Gigaset Communications, GN Netcom, Lantiq, NEC, Nemko, Orange FT, Panasonic, Philips, Plantronics, Polycom, RTX, Sagem, Samsung, SiTel, SGW Electronics, Snom, Swissvoice, Technicolor, Unical, Uniden, and VTech.

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