July 12th, 2007
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Malaysia’s Maxis has 350,000 3G subscribers. Most of Maxis 3G subscribers are using their mobile phones to surf on the Internet as well as video calls and TV programmes.
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July 12th, 2007
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The Asia Pacific region is leading the world in adopting HSPA, the higher-speed version of 3G.
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May 18th, 2007
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Mobile operators around the globe are busy rolling out 3G services and upgrades, dreaming of a day when users casually make video calls and download movies, allowing companies to reap several times more revenue per phone.
But that rosy future remains elusive. Despite the billions of dollars spent on new networks and marketing, operators are still [...]
May 18th, 2007
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A recent study has indicated that the worldwide 3G market will rise by 55 percent per year from 2006 to 2010. China and India are major areas of growth.
In other news mobile web use in the UK appears to be taking off, despite reports of poor user experience. 20 percent of the UK, or 5.7 [...]
May 18th, 2007
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China’s Ministry of Information Industry said Wednesday it has set the technical specifications for two third-generation mobile-phone technologies developed abroad (WCDMA and CDMA2000), bringing China one step closer to issuing 3G licenses.
In a statement on its Web site, the ministry said the standards for WCDMA and CDMA2000, together with that for a locally developed 3G [...]
May 18th, 2007
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Due to widely use of 3G, 3G mobile bandwidth will increase fast in the coming years.
iGR has published a new report which is forecasting that 3G mobile bandwidth usage will experience a nearly tenfold increase by 2011.
The report reached this conclusion by modeling: the current bandwidth usage among mobile data users; the future bandwidth usage [...]
May 18th, 2007
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The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua News has reported that Nepal Telecom launched a 3G network yesterday.
According to Nepal Telecom director Buddhi Acharya, the SIM card for 3G service will cost 4,195 Nepali rupees (US$64.50) and its charges will be similar to that of prepaid mobiles.
For the time being, the 3G services will be made [...]
May 15th, 2007
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SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile service operator, said it has attracted 237,000 customers over the past year to its third-generation HSDPA service and nearly half of them were tech-savvy consumers in their 20s and 30s.
SK Telecom said it analyzed its subscription base and found that around 47 percent of its 3G service users [...]
May 15th, 2007
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Apple is eyeing the potential of 3G industry.
Apple seems intent on jumping into the mobile broadband game, too. The rumor, courtesy of AppleInsider, suggests that Apple is looking for a PCI Express mini-card that could be factory-installed in order to give Apple laptops 3G capability.
Apple is being Apple, though, and isn’t content to just stuffing [...]
May 15th, 2007
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Telecom Argentina plans to launch this week a 3G service offering in capital Buenos Aires. The company also expects changes in local regulations allowing telecoms operators in Argentina to provide triple play services to be introduced by the end of the year.
Company chairman Carlos Felices said the company was carrying out internal tests in preparation [...]
