PISCATAWAY, NJ USA, 20 October 2004 The IEEE P1725™ Working Group developing the IEEE standard for rechargeable batteries for cell phones is holding its first meeting at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) headquarters in Washington, DC.

IEEE P1725™ "Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for Cellular Telephones," will seek to make cellular phone batteries more robust by setting uniform criteria for their design, production and evaluation. It will consider battery and battery pack electrical and mechanical construction, chemistries, process control, qualification and packaging technologies-with the ultimate goal of improving the user's experience even as batteries grow more complex.

The standard will be developed by a working group comprised of companies that manufacture batteries, cells and handsets, as well as by carriers, under the auspices of Stationary Battery Committee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society and the IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group.

Standards developed with the IEEE-SA Corporate Program are done so in company-based working groups in which each member has one vote. This industry-oriented program often allows for standards creation in one to two years, depending upon participant commitment and use of IEEE support services.

Registration is open to interested parties and there is no registration fee. To register, please go to http://www.ctia.org/certification/registration/index.cfm?ConfID=4