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Afganistan’s Taliban torchs telecom tower

Taliban militants warned on Monday to attack mobile phone offices if their companies failed to halt phone signals overnight from 5pm to 7am. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Afganistan’s Taliban torchs telecom tower", url: "http://3gweek.net/2008/03/04/afganistans-taliban-torchs-telecom-tower/" });

Burma blocks Internet, cuts off phones

As soldiers in Burma, also known as Myanmar, intensified their crackdown on pro-democracy protesters Friday, authorities also went after the Internet and mobile phones that have proven so vital and powerful in documenting the dramatic confrontations. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Burma blocks Internet, cuts off phones", url: "http://3gweek.net/2007/09/29/burma-blocks-internet-cuts-off-phones/" });

Turkey postpones 3G licence tender

Turkey’s telecommunications regulator has postponed to Sept. 7 a tender for four third-generation phone licences, an official from the Communications Ministry said on Tuesday. Bids had been due by Thursday, and the tender was scheduled for Friday. Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Turkey postpones 3G licence tender", url: "http://3gweek.net/2007/05/22/turkey-postpones-3g-licence-tender/" });

Pornography Fears Lead to Ban on 3G Mobile Phones

How 3G technology faces the reaction regarding high-quality video of mobile phone which could be a good media for showing, say, a pornography content? Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, yesterday banned the latest generation of mobile phone services in Cambodia to curb the spread of pornography, heeding a request from his wife. Bun Rany recently urged Hun [...]