May 28, 2009, Washington, DC - The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) today recognizes Dr. Asok Chatterjee, Vice President, Strategic Standardization, Industry Relations with Ericsson Inc., on his year-long Chairmanship of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP) Project Coordination Group (PCG). ATIS is 3GPP’s North American Organizational Partner, and Dr. Chatterjee has long-served as head of ATIS’ delegation to 3GPP.

As PCG’s Chairman, Dr. Chatterjee is responsible for chairing 3GPP’s Project Coordination Group’s meetings, and overseeing 3GPP’s Partner co-ordination activity. In this capacity, Dr. Chatterjee is instrumental to 3GPP’s liaison with other global standards groups – an essential element to 3GPP’s continued success.

“Asok Chatterjee has long demonstrated an understanding and appreciation for standards’ vital role in enabling tomorrow’s technologies,” said Susan Miller, ATIS President and CEO. “I congratulate him on his Chairmanship, and look forward to the PCG’s continued success under Dr. Chatterjee’s direction.”

Dr. Chatterjee’s succeeds Walter Weigel, ETSI Director General, as PCG Chairman.

About 3GPP
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. The collaboration agreement brings together a number of telecommunications standards bodies known as “Organizational Partners.” The current Organizational Partners are ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TTA, and TTC. The establishment of 3GPP was formalized in December 1998 by the signing of the “The 3rd Generation Partnership Project Agreement”. www.3GPP.org

A permanent project support group, called the “Mobile Competence Centre (MCC),” has been established to ensure the efficient day-to-day running of 3GPP. The MCC is based at the ETSI headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France.

About ATIS
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry. More than 250 companies actively formulate standards in ATIS’ 20 Committees, covering issues including: IPTV, Service Oriented Networks, Home Networking, Energy Efficiency, IP-Based and Wireless Technologies, Quality of Service, Billing and Operational Support. In addition, numerous Incubators, Focus and Exploratory Groups address emerging industry priorities including “Green”, IP Downloadable Security, Next Generation Carrier Interconnect, IPv6 and Convergence.

ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio and Telecommunications’ Sectors, and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, please visit www.atis.org.