부산대학교 도서관

This is a historical description about how Korea was transformed from the fringe to the global forefront in mobile telecommunications. It was an audacious challenge to develop a commercial CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access) cellular system which is technically more advanced, but not field proven hence risky, than TDMA cellular system that was the main trend of the times and opted by established majors. ETRI with Samsung, LG, Hyundai and Maxon pursed a co-development path to the national project supported by the Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea, at that time, in along with the joint development with Qualcomm, the original proponent of CDMA. After the successful commercialization first in Korea, CDMA turned into the major trend of the times, and Korean manufacturers became innovative leaders in the world.