April 24th, 2006
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Mobile phone network giant Ericsson reported first-quarter earnings and profitability below expectations on Friday due to costs from its takeover of Marconi and the start up of new contracts.
It hinted at further pressure on profitability as it takes on new business in a market for equipment for GSM and high-speed 3G phone networks where it [...]
April 17th, 2006
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Malaysia’s Celcom and Maxis have launched 3G interconnection, enabling interconnect video telephony. By opening access between the two major 3G networks, the 3G user community in Malaysia immediately increased twofold, allowing Celcom’s and Maxis’ users to make and receive video calls, and send and retrieve video messages among themselves.
Both service providers are confident that interconnection [...]
April 15th, 2006
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The number of 3G (third-generation) mobile subscribers is expected to grow quickly in China, despite getting off to a relatively slow start, according to a telecommunications research firm in Beijing.
China will have 5.5 million 3G subscribers within the first 12 months that these services are available, according to Norson (Hong Kong) Information Technology, in Beijing. [...]