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Indosat Says Q1 New Mobile Users May Fall 8-12 Pct

The number of new mobile phone subscribers of Indonesia’s second largest telecoms firm, PT Indosat Tbk, may fall by 8-12 percent in the first quarter of this year from the same period in 2005, its chief said on Monday. However, Hasnul Suhaimi, Indosat’s president director, told reporters the company still retained its target of between 3-4 [...]

3G is Changing the Way We Flirt

From revolutionising the dating game to bringing people closer together and spawning new street trends, 3G is changing the way we think, behave and communicate. Generation HERE is the first publication to investigate the impact of 3G on peoples’ everyday lives to reveal a whole new world of social and cultural interaction. 3G is changing the [...]

KDDI Selects Axalto for 3G CDMA Card Launch

Axalto announced that it has launched the first third generation CDMA User Identification Module (UIM) commercial card in Japan with KDDI. The Axalto cards are designed to work together with KDDI’s CDMA 2000 EV-DO third generation mobile handsets. With the Axalto UIM card, KDDI offers increased transaction security, and delivers portability ease for Japanese mobile [...]

RIM to Launch Blackberry in China by Late May

Research In Motion (RIM) reportedly expects to launch its Blackberry wireless e-mail deivce with Hong Kong-based China Mobile by the end of 2006. The number of Chinese mobile subscriptions reached 404 million at the end of February, according to Chinese government statisticians. Over half of Chinese users rely on China Mobile for their wireless service, a [...]

3G Talents in Great Demand in China

The market size of embedded software was 25.5 billion yuan in China in 2004. It is expected to reach 55 billion yuan in 2008. The size of enterprise mobile business application market was 7.82 billion yuan in 2004; it is expected to reach 30.65 billion yuan in 2008. Strong market growth have boosted the demand for [...]

China Anticipates Boom in 3G Subscribers

The number of 3G (third-generation) mobile subscribers is expected to grow quickly in China, despite getting off to a relatively slow start, according to a telecommunications research firm in Beijing. China will have 5.5 million 3G subscribers within the first 12 months that these services are available, according to Norson (Hong Kong) Information Technology, in Beijing. [...]

Taiwan Market: Nokia Introduces Mid-Range 3G Handset

Nokia yesterday introduced a 3G handset, the 6280, to the mid-range market in Taiwan. The new slide phone, which offers a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, MiniSD memory card and flash light, will be priced at NT$16,800 (US$519). :: Photo: Jeremy Huang, DigiTimes

78.08 Million Users Will Be Using 3G Mobile in China by 2008

Analysys International, a leading Internet based provider of business information about technology, media and telecom (TMT) industries in China, says 440,000 users will be using 3G mobile terminals by the end of 2006 and by the year 2008, 78.08 million users will be using 3G mobile terminals in China. According to the report ‘China Mobile Terminal [...]

2006 3G Summit Prepares For China’s 3G Rollout

The 2006 China 3G Summit ran from April 12-14 and was held at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center. The 3G Summit runs concurrently with the 20th Tele-Expo China and the 67th China Electronics Fair, one of the largest annual telecom exhibitions in China. The 3G Summit was organized by China’s Ministry of Information Industry [...]

Samsung Hit by Sliding Mobile Phone Margins

Samsung Electronics posted an increase in its year-over-year net income during the first quarter, although, despite record shipments during the quarter, the company’s results were hit by declining margins in its cell phone business. The company reported net income of $1.96 billion, up from $1.56 billion a year ago. Revenue was up slightly, too, but operating [...]

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