April 23rd, 2006
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A recent study projects that by 2010, India will have 21.3 million 3G users (11 per cent of the mobile lines). Within two years, India will take over Japan to become the third largest mobile market in the world after China and the US, says the recent Confederation of Indian Industry report titled, “Enabling India’s [...]
April 23rd, 2006
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Despite stronger government support in the first three months, China’s home-grown 3G mobile phone standard TD-SCDMA is facing serious challenges in technology trials. The final test stage before commercial use will determine whether the technology can support practical 3G services for about 15,000 users in the cities of Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province, Qingdao, in [...]
April 23rd, 2006
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Consumers are struggling to find satisfaction with Hutchison’s much-vaunted third-generation mobile phone service. According to a Nielsen Media survey released yesterday, Hutchison’s multibillion-dollar expansion into 3G has scraped in at bottom place on customer satisfaction.
The results come amid red-hot competition in the mobile phone market. Vodafone topped the poll. Hutchison spokeswoman Liz Rex declined to [...]
April 20th, 2006
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Taiwanese ODM Compal Communications Inc. (CCI) is developing a 3G cellular videophone/PDA running Windows Mobile 5.0, according to Radvision, the supplier of a 3G-324M protocol toolkit to CCI. The new 3G handheld will include an “advanced” video application that lets users subscribe to video conferences and participate in video communities, Radvision says.
CCI’s new 3G PDA/videophone [...]
April 19th, 2006
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Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest telecom operator in Taiwan, yesterday started marketing in Taiwan a co-branded version of the Nokia 6280 3G handset manufactured to its specifications, according to CHT sources.
To boost its penetration in the 3G segment, CHT will launch more co-branded 3G handsets, with a model to come from Asustek Computer in May, [...]
April 19th, 2006
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Aurora Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan-based IT distributor Aurora Corporation, and Vibo Telecom, one of the five operators of 3G mobile communication services in Taiwan, on April 18 jointly announced a strategic-alliance to sell 3G handsets and service under a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license
Under the agreement, Aurora Telecom will purchase 3G numbers [...]
April 19th, 2006
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1. Sony Ericsson W900i: This is the first 3G Walkman phone, and while its storage capacity can’t match the Nokia N91, its system for transferring music from PC to phone is extremely simple, playback is strong and the handset’s rotating front is effective. Bulky, but recommended.
2. Nokia N91: This is the real music-lover’s phone. It [...]
April 19th, 2006
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South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has unveiled a 3G music phone equipped with Bluetooth, the company said in a statement Tuesday (April 18).
The WCDMA-enabled LG-U890 phone provides Bluetooth stereo audio for higher fidelity compared with the mono audio used in other Bluetooth 3G phones, said LG in a statement.
The phone measures 18.5 mm thick and [...]
April 19th, 2006
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has announced that the country is making substantial progress in the telecoms sector, with teledensity now at 22 per cent. PTA plans to complete preparatory work for 3G technology within the next six to eight months.
Pakistan had some 27 million mobile subscribers at the end of March, according to the [...]
April 19th, 2006
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Nokia hatched the Nseries as an elite brigade of 3G multimedia virtuosos. So elite in fact, that with the exception of the popular N70, getting your hands on these ‘multimedia computers’ has proved problematic.
The N90 didn’t even get picked up officially by a network operator. Its 4GB-hard-drive-packing musical sibling, the N91, hasn’t yet hit the [...]
