December 00 3G News

25th - 31st

Ericsson, Mobitel to explore 3G evolution in Lanka, 31st Dec 00
European mobile market faces Japanese challenge, 30th Dec 00
Exploit 2Gplus to full potential before moving to 3G, 30th Dec 00
TDMA operators get go-ahead for 3G deployment, 29th Dec 00
Telia says 3G bid rejected on false assumptions, 29th Dec 00
Morphing I-Mode Phones to Upstage 3G Debut, 27th Dec 00
Hong Kong's Li Ka-Shing May Expand 3G Mobile-Phone Empire to the U.S., 27th Dec 00
ITU draws up 3G standards road map, 26th Dec 00
Hutchison Nears 1st Phase Of GBP3B Loan For 3G, 26th Dec 00

18th - 24th

Samsung, NEC Tie For 3G Mobile Phone Equipment, 24th Dec 00
Samsung stacks NAND flash, SRAM in package for 3G cell phones, 22nd Dec 00
Siemens chosen as preferred supplier of UMTS/3G by T-Mobile, 22nd Dec 00
Belgium 3G License Auction To Start In Early March, 21st Dec 00
Ericsson wins Sonera 3G deal, 21st Dec 00
Telekom awards €1 bln in 3G pacts, 21st Dec 00
NZ Govt Radio Spectrum Auction Delayed To Jan 8, 21st Dec 00
LG Telecom, Hanaro may get perks for cdma2000 bids, 21st Dec 00
FCC auction breaks record with US$9.3b in bids, 21st Dec 00
Lucent, Qualcomm Complete 3G Trials, 20th Dec 00
Czech Republic - CTU asked to prepare four UMTS licences, 20th Dec 00
3G licenses may be limited, 20th Dec 00
Bouygues seeks $5.3bn for 3G, 19th Dec 00
NTT DoCoMo, HP Link Up On 4G Wireless Research, 19th Dec 00
Telecel, P. Telecom, EDP, Sonae Win UMTS Licenses in Portugal, 19th Dec 00
NTT DoCoMo 3G Service Moves A Step Closer, 19th Dec 00
Nortel teams with Sierra, Xircom for 3G modems, 19th Dec 00
U.S. Nets $1B in Airwave Auction, 19th Dec 00
Taiwan may auction three 3G licences, 18th Dec 00
Samsung, NEC Tie For 3G Mobile Phone Equipment, 18th Dec 00
OTE outbids Telecom Italia for Bulgarian 3G licence, 18th Dec 00

11th - 17th

Sweden Sees Full UMTS-Coverage in Three Years, 17th Dec 00
Hutchison Extends 3G Tentacles Into Sweden, 16th Dec 00
Sweden awards UMTS licences, snubs Telia, 16th Dec 00
Swedish Telia unit disputes awarding of Polish UMTS licences, 15th Dec 00
Korea awards two 3G licenses. One more to go, 15th Dec 00
China to Launch 3G Mobile Network in 2003, 15th Dec 00
Govt wants $280m in deposits from 3G bidders, 14th Dec 00
US wireless auction nets US$666.7m, 14th Dec 00
Goldman Sachs Says 3G Svcs May Not Catch On, 14th Dec 00
South Korea to choose 3G mobile phone licence winners, 14th Dec 00
IMT-2000 Bidders Await Final Selection, 14th Dec 00
Orange mulls use of 3G alternative, 13th Dec 00
Hutchison and MobilCom predict lower 3G roll-out costs, 13th Dec 00
US 'Wireless Gap' May Not Exist, 13th Dec 00
US Wireless auction nets US$501m on first day, 13th Dec 00
Belgian Telecoms Min: 3G Licenses To Be Alloted In April, 13/12/00
The deathknell for 3G phones?, 13/12/00
Analysts Not Sure Who Will Win Korea 3G Phone Licenses, 12/12/00
Irish 3G auctions to go, 12/12/00
Network firms join mobile makers for slice of 3G pie, 12/12/00
IBM in drive for 3G expansion, 12/12/00
Australia cuts 3G into city units, 11/12/00
Loophole blow to 3G firms, 11/12/00
SK Telecom, Korea Telecom likely to win IMT-2000 licenses, 11/12/00

4th - 10th

3G Subscriptions Likely At Critical Mass By 2006, 10/12/00
LG tips 3G phone that transmits images, 09/12/00
Global telecoms hopes kept alive at Asia meeting, 09/12/00
New phones too primitive to profit, 09/12/00
Gemplus releases the first 3G SIM card, 08/12/00
Finance fears haunt 3G entrants, 08/12/00
Intel forecasts 3G mobile devices for Christmas 2001, 07/12/00
Czech govt re-thinks plan to auction four 3G licences, 07/12/00
Warsaw cancels 3G auction, 07/12/00
Four win Swiss mobile licences, 06/12/00
ITU news: 3G handsets face saturated market, 05/12/00
Polish auction draws three bids, 04/12/00

1st - 3rd

Polish mobile sale in crisis, 03/12/00
NTT DoCoMo confirms 3G launch in May, 03/12/00
Samsung to sell handsets for wireless Web service, 02/12/00
Swiss 3G auction to resume, 02/12/00
Portuguese 3G update, 01/12/00
Poland could cancel auction, 01/12/00

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