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Philippines’ Smart Offers New 3G Services

The Philippines’s leading wireless services provider Smart Communications Inc. unveiled new 3G service offerings and announced the commercial rates for its 3G cellular service. Starting May 1, Smart postpaid and prepaid subscribers with 3G-capable handsets will enjoy enhanced applications and extensive rich media content on a commercial basis. These include live TV streaming of two major [...]

Virgin Offers Unique 3G Content

Indeed, there is no content there is no 3G. I think the only way to have the success of 3G service is offering unique and creative content services. For example, UK’s Virgin Mobile Bites. The operator offers 3G services and more unique music, editorial and video content. There are exclusive celebrity and music interviews, the latest [...]

MSN Messenger for 3G Users in Austalia

At least 4,1 milion users of 3 mobile, Australia’s first 3G network, now can enjoying MSN Messenger in their cell phones. According to 3 mobile’s General Manager of Content and Services, Scott Taylor, the launch of MSN Messenger is the opportunity for 3 mobile customers to choose how and when they communicate with each other is [...]

Qatar’s Qtel Starts Testing New 3G Service

The third generation (3G) technology already expands to Gulf region. Qatar Telecom has begun testing third generation (3G) service and will commercially launch it in June/July, Qtel chief executive officer, Dr Nasser Marafih has said. Qtel is the exclusive telecommunications provider in Qatar and is one of the largest public companies in the country with around [...]

Canada’s Bell Expands 3G Network

Just like mostly other coutries in the American continent, Canada expanded 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network. The country’s second largest cellco Bell Mobility has expanded the network to cover Ottawa, Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville, alongside a new roaming agreement with Aliant to provide its users with EV-DO services in Halifax. [3G!] Source

Fastest Growing 3G in the Philippines

The Philippines would be one of the fastest growing 3G country in Southeast Asia. Smart Communications, a mobile operator in the Philippines which received its 3G operator’s licence in December 2005 and became the first 3G operator in the country when it launched W-CDMA services in February 2006, has expanded its 3G network to 60 [...]

3G Access in Thailand Airport

If you arrive at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport or just killing time in transit process, you can enjoy the advanced multi-telecommunications network there. The airport will incorporate six different network technologies, including WCDMA and GSM, to allow for third-generation connectivity across the facility. Ericsson sait it completed the network project in the new Thai international airport. [3G!] Source

3G Network Regulation Rings Telstra Alarm Bells

Telstra will seek Federal Government reassurance that it has no plans to ask the competition watchdog to regulate its new mobile phone network. Australia’s Communications Minister Helen Coonan was yesterday quoted as saying Telstra would not be allowed to shut its CDMA mobile network, used in regional areas, until its third-generation (3G) network was operational. Whether [...]

Alcatel Hurts on 3G ‘Pricing War’

Alcatel Inc. reported strong growth in its fixed-line business during the first quarter, but intense competition in mobile network equipment sales hurt the company’s operating margin, which rose to 6.5 percent from 4.1 percent a year ago, but fell below analyst expectations of 8 percent. The French equipment vendor posted first-quarter net profits of $129.1 million [...]

Nokia Leading the Evolution of 3G: HSPA

Nokia High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is a cost-effective, high performance solution that helps operators tackle the challenges of providing high speed, quality services with optimized cost of delivery, a senior director Nokia Networks told in a business meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. Speaking before Synovate Business Consulting - Breakfast Meeting 2006 in Hotel Mulia today, Arjun [...]

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