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HP introduces 3G laptop

Published Date: December 12th, 2006
Category: 3G, 3G WCDMA, HSDPA, GSM, UMTS, News

Definitely I need to add this notebook to my wish list.
Hewlett-Packard’s new nc6400 is a 3G-capable laptop that offers download speeds fast enough to pull in podcasts, multimedia-heavy Web sites, and even videos — from just about any major city around the world — thanks to the built-in Cingular 3G module. The nc6400 is also […]

Cellular Reaches 2,5 Billion Lines

Published Date: September 10th, 2006
Category: 3G, Report, GPRS, Cell Phone, GSM, Consumer, UMTS, Business Briefing

Geekzone reported a very interesting statictic on cellular industry milestones. Mobile phone industry has become a spectacular industry: it took 20 years to reach 1 billion connections, three years to reach 2 billion connections and is on target to reach its third billion in a period of just over two years.
According to estimates from Wireless […]

This is another new handset challenger in 3G market…
Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced its first UMTS-capable handhelds, the BlackBerry 8707g and 8707v, in Singapore. Both models, which essentially offer the same features but with slight differentiation in exterior casing, will be carried by all three local mobile operators. The 8707g will be available from […]

Indonesia finally gets 3G

Published Date: August 16th, 2006
Category: 3G, 3G WCDMA, GPRS, Asia Pacific, GSM, UMTS, News, Nokia, Siemens

The country’s largest cellular operator, PT Telkomsel, launched its third-generation (3G) service yesterday, marking the first commercial introduction of 3G to Indonesia.
“Today marks the start of a new era in the world of Indonesian cellular telecommunications,” said Telkomsel president director Kiskenda Suriahardja.
During the kick-off ceremony, Telkomsel signed contracts for network deployment with vendors Nokia and […]

Jakarta — Ozura Sdn Bhd has via PT Nextnation Prisma, both subsidiaries of Malaysian public listed Nextnation Communication Berhad, in partnership with, Indosat Tbk, one of the leading telecommunication providers in Indonesia, recently announces the launch of the first mobile gaming community in Indonesia - GameWar.
Indosat mobile subscribers will be the first to enjoy […]

Nokia Indonesia announced its participation in the Indonesia Cellular Show 2006 (ICS 2006) in the Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, 5-9 Juli 2006.
This event is the biggest mobile telecommunication industry exhibition in Indonesia aiming at accommodating demands and needs of all parties in this industry, particularly mobile phone users in Indonesia.
In ICS 2006, Nokia Indonesia introduces […]

Indonesia, which has five 3G operators already, will be the third ASEAN country after Singapore and Malaysia to have WCDMA-based 3G services. We will be joining around fifty million people who already have access to this service around the world.
But it’s not clear what services the operators will offer. When the operators did 3G trials […]

Indonesia has five 3G licensed-operators. Yes, you got it right: Five. The problem is, none of them is actually operating.
Telkomsel, Indonesia’s leading cellular operator, will launch commercial 3G services only later this year. Indosat and Excelcom, two other biggest GSM operators, did some trials in Jakarta last year, but we haven’t heard much from them […]