Japanese telecom equipment maker NEC is willing to participate in rolling out a third generation (3G) mobile network in Russia. Russian operators are reportedly enthusiastic about the offer. According yo Russian IT and Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman, NEC had offered an advanced solution dubbed "3.5G". Third generation (3G) is a set of wireless technologies that offer expanded opportunities for high-speed data transfer, including video broadcasting and video calls. Results of a tender for 3G licenses in Russia are to be announced on April 20. The telecoms regulator received applications from 11 operators as of Monday, including bids from Russia's three largest mobile operators - MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon. Source: Cellular News

Posted by Budi Putra on March 1st, 2007 No Comments »

Asia is really the next big market in the world’s telecommunications business. At the current growth rate, there will be half a billion mobile subscribers in the country by 2010. With 150 million subscribers but market penetration of still only 15 percent, India is already the world`s fourth-biggest mobile market behind China, the United States and Russia. Telecom numbers are not just talking, they’re talking big in India. According to latest figures available with the telecom ministry and TRAI, India will have hit the magical figure of 200 million phones even as you read this story. This includes wireless (GSM, CDMA, WLL-F) and fixed-line phones. In mobile subscribers, India now ranks fourth behind China, USA and Russia which ...

Posted by Budi Putra on February 20th, 2007 No Comments »

Indonesia, which has five 3G operators (with three of them launched their services commercially) already, became 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. With the advent of the third generation of cellular technology (3G), the term "value added services", which used to refer to all services beyond voice calls, may be in for a new definition. The new technology literally allows the user to have a broadband internet connection in the palm of his or her hand, offering an endless list of services. For cellular content providers, the technological revolution has opened up new frontiers for innovation and growth. Iqbal ...

Posted by Budi Putra on January 29th, 2007 No Comments »

The 8th Mobile Monday Beijing will take place on Dec. 18 at Rain Club, an up-and-coming ‘fusion’ restaurant and lounge in Dongsishitiao. They invited speakers from Europe, Japan and South Korea to tell us their 3G story and see if 3G is the holy grail that Operators and SPs seem to expect. Click here for details.

Posted by Budi Putra on December 12th, 2006 No Comments »

Libya is set to get its first 3G network, with the country’s second largest cellular operator Libyana rolling out a W-CDMA and HSDPA network covering 14 cities. Libyana has contracted ZTE of China to supply its 3G infrastructure. The new network will have an initial capacity of one million lines. State-owned Libyana had around 700,000 subscribers and a 40% share of the market at the end of June. Link

Posted by Budi Putra on November 3rd, 2006 No Comments »

A two-month trial of China's third generation mobile technology will begin on either Sunday or Monday in Beijing, Shanghai and three other cities in China, Sina.com reported today. TD-SCDMA, time division-synchronous code division multiple access, was developed in China and is one of the world's three next-generation mobile standards. Initially, the trial TD-SCDMA network will involve 20,000 users in Shandong Province's Qingdao City, Hebei Province's Baoding City and Xiamen City in Fujian Province. They will use new cell phone numbers beginning with 188 or 199 in the trial. Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co and China International Telecommunications Construction Corp will organize the trial in Beijing, where no more than 5,000 people will participate. Datang, China's flagship developer of the country's 3G network, has ...

Posted by Budi Putra on November 3rd, 2006 1 Comment »

Malaysia's biggest mobile firm, Maxis Communications Bhd, will spend a total of RM2.2 billion over the next three years to expand its third generation (3G) network and wireless broadband Internet services. The company expects a break- even period of about three years. Maxis aims to make broadband available to three quarters of all households by 2010. At the end of June, there were more than 650,000 broadband subscribers. Chief executive officer Datuk Jamaludin Ibrahim said plans are to invest RM1.5 billion for the next three years, starting in 2007, to expand 3G coverage to more than 60 per cent of the population by 2009. Currently, its 3G services are only available in the Klang Valley, Penang and Johor Baru. So far, RM650 million ...

Posted by Budi Putra on September 27th, 2006 No Comments »

Harry K. Nugraha, Country Manager Qualcomm Indonesia (left), Shawn A. Covell, Senior Director, International Government Affairs, Qualcomm (center) and Michael J. Sampoerna, President Director Sampoerna Telekom * LAMPUNG, INDONESIA — Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, worked with Sampoerna Telekom (STI), Axesstel Inc., IndoNet, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and the State Ministry for the Accelerated Development of Disadvantaged Regions to introduce CDMA450 wireless technology into Way Kanan, giving the area access to broadband wireless voice and data services. "We are confident that greater access to wireless technology will enable better communication in rural ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 23rd, 2006 3 Comments »

If you’ve been in an airport, coffee shop, gym or hotel recently, chances are you’ve been right in the middle of a wireless network such as Wi-Fi or 802.11 networking. But, to some extent, the limited coverage of Wi-Fi can be problem. Moving around usually requires changing hot-spots, and if they’re run by different providers, it also means changing Internet access settings. Fortunately, the solution is coming. You’ll be able to use CDMA2000 1xEV-DO-based third generation (3G) technology inside your mobile phone: you will have wireless broadband Internet access from your Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux laptop without the need for a hot-spot! Insert an EVDO PC Card into your laptop and seconds later, you are connected to the Internet at ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 17th, 2006 1 Comment »

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 the benefits of GameWar to experience the new technology. GameWar is a gaming community where mobile users are able to download games, compete in game tournaments and win redemption points which can be used in GameWar’s virtual gift shop. Users are also able to interact with one another via GameWar’s club and blog functions as well as the multiplayer games ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 10th, 2006 No Comments »