April 24th, 2006
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A Ministry of Information Industry official said the government has no specific timetable to issue third generation (3G) mobile technology licenses in China, the China Securities Journal reported.
“There is no timetable to issue 3G licenses and no decision has been made on which operator will be awarded,” said the MII’s vice minister, Lou Qinjian.
Lou said [...]
April 23rd, 2006
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Motorola has launched its latest 3G handset, Motorola E1070, an affordable, user-friendly device, featuring an integrated speaker phone and Bluetooth wireless technology. The company claims the handset is designed to offer entertainment, news and connectivity while mobile. E1070 is equipped with multi-call capabilities, enabling users to conduct a call while downloading a video clip, game [...]
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 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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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 [...]
April 18th, 2006
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Surf’s up and prices are down. Singapore’s M1 slashed the cost of surfing the Internet and accessing e-mail wirelessly in a move to align the benefits of 3G mobility with those of fixed-line broadband.
M1’s premium 3G SunSurf 100 data plan, previously priced at about $125 per month for unlimited use, has been ratcheted down 65 [...]
