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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New test tools promise global 3G roaming
August 14, 2002
Users of 3G mobile systems can expect to benefit from superior
interoperability of mobile terminals and other user equipment, thanks
to a newly-released set of test suites. These test suites will provide
a means of proving the interoperability necessary for global roaming
that is one of the key strengths of the next generation mobile networks.
Designed by the Technical Specification Group for Terminals (TSG-T)
of the 3GPP, the test suites provide a common platform against which
terminal implementations may be tested to ensure that mobiles from
different manufacturers behave consistently. The implications of
the global acceptance of the 3GPP standard present a significant
challenge to the industry, and rigorous testing is critical to the
successful adoption of this technology by users around the world.
The test suites have been developed in a two-stage process by the
Terminals Testing working group of TSG-T. The first stage involved
a prose specification giving a general description of the purpose
and method of each test. The second stage produced a formal description
of each test, written in the test language TTCN (Testing and Test
Control Notation), which itself is the subject of an international
standard, ISO-IEC-9646-3.
The TTCN release consists of a number of abstract test suites (ATS),
each focussed on testing a different layer or area of the 3GPP communication
protocols, together with modules containing common procedures and
generic functions. All the suites are designed to run on commercially
available test equipment.
In total over 600 test cases have been written. This formidable
achievement is due to the considerable skills and effort provided
by the membership of 3GPP, which contains a broad representation
from across the mobile telecommunications industry throughout the
world.
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3G Motorola A920
