August 3G News

25th - 31st

Ericsson and Altel sign USD 30 million CDMA2000 1X contract, August 31, 2003
Fed-up customers will switch to rival operators - report, August 31, 2003
Mobile photo messaging market will grow to $440 million - report, August 31, 2003
Siemens and Huawei to form a joint venture for TD-SCDMA, August 31, 2003
HK Gov gave in to waive another 3G fee for 3G licensees, August 30, 2003
Motorola and 3 unveil a new 3G handset - Motorola A920, August 29, 2003
Nortel Networks, Datang Mobile Establish TD-SCDMA Laboratory, August 28, 2003
Qualcomm's MSM6200 handovers from WCDMA to GSM/GPRS, August 28, 2003
Austrian Operators Willing to Relieve Telefonica of UMTS Frequencies, August 28, 2003
Nokia achieves world's first 1xEV-DV high speed data call, August 28, 2003
Partner awards contract to Nortel Networks, August 28, 2003
Alcatel invests heavily in China's future global leadership in 3G, August 27, 2003
Symmetricom announce 3G deployment with Samsung, August 26, 2003
Powerwave Technologies announces 1900 MHz W-CDMA product for Nortel Networks, August 26, 2003
Yankee Group Forecasts 154 Million Latin American Mobile Users by 2007, August 26, 2003
NTT DoCoMo to Establish Communications Research Center in Beijing, August 26, 2003
No fix date for launch said T-Mobile, August 26, 2003
Hong Kong CSL awards Nokia EDGE network deal, August 25, 2003
Vendors Gear Up For Chinese Year of 3G, August 25, 2003
Hutchison in funding dispute with CIRtel on H3G Italia, August 25, 2003

18th - 24th

Powerwave Technologies announces 3G deployment with Samsung, August 22, 2003
3HK unveils another phase of promotion on 3G, August 22, 2003
Mobile Data Services to add $318B in 2010 -- over 50% from Asia, August 21, 2003
Worldwide shipments of high-end smartphones will reach 45m by 2007 - report, August 21, 2003
Hutchison reports tough first half for 3, August 21, 2003
Most Chinese operators will choose the WCDMA standard, August 21, 2003
3UK will fall short of 1 million customers, August 20, 2003
Lucent to build CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network for KTF in South Korea, August 20, 2003
Ericsson supplies UMTS technology to Vodafone Greece, August 20, 2003
RCC chooses Ericsson for CDMA and GSM overlays, August 20, 2003
J-Phone to Launch Vodafone live! services on 3G in October, August 20, 2003
NEC e808 stock running low in the UK, August 19, 2003
Novatel Wireless and Lucent join force for 3G UMTS wireless modem cards, August 19, 2003
Siemens supplies 3G UMTS technology to Vodafone Greece, August 18, 2003
Bring Vodafone NZ on said Telecom NZ, August 18, 2003
The world’s first TD-SCDMA handheld call demonstrated successfully, August 18, 2003
T-Mobile UK To Launch 3G This Year?, August 18, 2003
Malaysia's Maxis to award contact by end of 2003, August 18, 2003

11st - 17th

CDMA2000 dominates the 3G market in Japan, August 17, 2003
CommVerge Solutions deploys WIN For Taiwan's first 3G network, August 17, 2003
MCMC says 3G rollout on schedule, August 17, 2003
SanDisk introduces new 3G memory stick, August 17, 2003
Wireless Subscribers to Reach Two Billion by 2007 - CDMA to See Dramatic Growth, August 16, 2003
European mobile operators must get their handset strategies right - report, August 16, 2003
Siemens to invest US$ 30 million in WCDMA production in Shanghai, August 16, 2003
Pele-Phone cannot return license, August 16, 2003
NZ Telecom not worries by Vodafone's plan, August 16, 2003
Estonian Tele2 Eesti receives 3G license in Estonia, August 14, 2003
Qualcomm announces sampling of the MSM6250 solution for WCDMA, GSM and GPRS, August 14, 2003
Wireless Infrastructure Contract Awards Down From 2002 - report, August 14, 2003
Vodafone Reveals Antipodean 3G Plans, August 14, 2003
Vendors can make more revenue from selling WCDMA than cdma2000 networks, August 14, 2003
EDGE will help bridge the 3G gap, August 14, 2003
3 selects Cybercom to develop services, August 13, 2003
NEC e606 out of stock in the UK, August 13, 2003
Free from 3: premiership video clips for three months, August 13, 2003
SK Telecom’s 3G service June reach 1 million, August 13, 2003
Italians to Allow 3G Spectrum Trading, August 13, 2003
Ericsson CEO in China said 2003 is the best year to start 3G, August 13, 2003
Vivendi Universal to sell its stake in Xfera, August 13, 2003
Ericsson named sole supplier for WCDMA to SingTel in Singapore, August 12, 2003
3G Arrives in Taiwan, August 12, 2003
Nokia to deliver WCDMA 3G Core network to sunrise in Switzerland, August 12, 2003
lastminute.com launches on 3, the video mobile network, August 12, 2003
3 Australia going strong, August 12, 2003
FOMA helped DoCoMo to strong growth, August 12, 2003
NEC Outsources 3G Production To China, August 11, 2003
GSM chairman hopes China would use WCDMA, August 11, 2003