Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
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South Korea to subsidies 3G handsets
April 14, 2004
Consumers in South Korea have been given a new incentive to subscribe to WCDMA mobile services. Dow Jones Newswire reported that the Ministry of Information and Communication confirmed operators starting from Friday are allowed to offer 40% handset subsidies for 3G WCDMA mobile phones.
The local government banned mobile operators from offering handset subsidies in 2000, because new subscribers were given large discounts, or free handsets, in return for signing up with mobile operators for an obligatory period.
The subsidy exception aims to promote usage of the WCDMA wireless technology which was launched in the country at the end of last December by both SK Telecom and KTF.
SK Telecom and KTF are also operating another 3G network using CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology. According to the ministry, WCDMA handsets cost roughly 1 million won more than handsets based on EV-DO technology. (£1= 1,817 KRW)
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