December 01 3G News

31st

There's a Lot More to 2.5G and 3G than the Air Interface - reports, December 31, 2001

24th - 30th

UWCC Completes Organizational Objectives, December 30, 2001
Verizon "Blew It" in cdma2000 and Sprint a clear winner, reports, December 30, 2001
Ultra-thin Lithium Ion Batteries Developed that can be use for 3G cell phones, December 28, 2001
Norway launches 3G, December 28, 2001
Sydkraft Bredband and Orange Sverige signs framework agreement on UMTS network, December 28, 2001
Asia-Pacific Region Poised for Strong Growth in Mobile Handsets - report, December 27, 2001
KG Telecom withdrawn Taiwan's 3G auction, December 27, 2001

17th - 23th

Extra 3G spectrum up for grab in New Zealand, December 23, 2001
DoCoMo positive in future FOMA take-ups, December 23, 2001
EDGE is no longer a question mark according to Ericsson, December 23, 2001
Verizon Wireless reports Express Network success, lays groundwork for 1XRTT rollout in 2002, December 22, 2001
Telcontar predicts upsurge in the roll-out of location-based services in Europe during 2002, December 21, 2001
H3G and TIM signed an agreement for roaming, direct interconnection and, for the first time in Italy, UMTS sitesharing, December 21, 2001
Ericsson cooperates in world's first 3G international roaming test call, December 21, 2001
Portelligent Completes Manufacturing Cost Analyses of 3G Cell Phone, December 21, 2001
Nokia Will Supply Sonera With the Nokia Artuse Multimedia Messaging Service Center, December 21, 2001
Top Gun Flies to 3G Wireless Phones Very Soon, December 20, 2001
Catapult Communications Upgrades 3G Test Capabilities, December 20, 2001
Europolitan Opens 3G Network in Karlskrona and Meets PTS Deadline, December 20, 2001
U.S. Cellular Announces Technology Evolution Plan To Deploy 1XRTT Technology, December 20, 2001
zamano provides Community application for Europe’s first live 3G network, December 20, 2001
IPDR Makes Gains in Europe, Middle East and Asia; Proliferation of Next-Generation Services, December 20, 2001
Sinclair games get a re-run courtesy of 3G, December 20, 2001
KDDI to launch 1x in April 02, December 20, 2001
Ericsson president sees 2002 will mark a start for 3G, December 20, 2001
Infrastructure Capex Spending to Boom in Asia-Pacific Region - report, December 19, 2001
Vodafone Makes World's First 3G Roaming Call, December 19, 2001
Telecom Italia Withdraws From Spanish 3G, December 19, 2001
LG Telecom Sets Up IMT-2000 Lab, December 19, 2001
KTF adopts SolidStreaming software for wireless multimedia services, December 18, 2001
First live call in Russia: Siemens continues its run of success with UMTS, December 18, 2001
Ireland's Telecoms Regulator launches 3G Competition, December 18, 2001
H3G Aims for September Launch, December 18, 2001
Emblaze and Motorola Sign Agreement for MPEG4 Technology, December 18, 2001
Partner Awarded 3G Spectrum and Additional 2G Spectrum, December 18, 2001
Seven companies submitted applications for next-generation licenses in Taiwan, December 18, 2001
Israel sells three next-generation licenses, December 18, 2001
KTF showoff 1x EV-DO technology, December 18, 2001
Sunday may partner with Shell, December 18, 2001
IP Mediation and Rating Critical to Generating Returns on 3G Investment - report, December 17, 2001
Nokia Upgrades Its 3G WCDMA to 3GPP Level Targetting Network Launches in the Latter Half of 2002, December 17, 2001
PMC-Sierra Introduces a Reference Design Kit to Accelerate the Design of 3G Wireless Base Stations, December 17, 2001
Position of the ART on infrastructure sharing on 3G mobile networks, December 17, 2001
ART adopts the methods and conditions for the second 3G applications procedure, December 17, 2001
China Motion invest $200m in HK, December 17, 2001

10th - 16th

Operators can significantly save cost by network sharing, December 16, 2001
HK OFTA grants 2nd 3G MVNO, December 16, 2001
2G revenue model will not work for 3G - report, December 14, 2001
Monaco Telecom, Siemens and NEC test mobile multimedia applications over the principality's UMTS network, December 14, 2001
Effnet Completes Second Round of Tests on New 3G Header Compression Standard, December 14, 2001
Merrimac Receives 3G Wireless Production Contract for Multi-Mix PICO, December 14, 2001
RadioMobil and Eurotel officially announces receipt of UMTS licence, December 14, 2001
World's First 3G Wireless Search Engine, December 14, 2001
Canada to allocate 2500-2690 spectrum, December 14, 2001
Specification Partners Approve Use of 3GPP Marking on Products and Services, December 14, 2001
Telesp Celular and Lucent launch advanced mobile network in Latin America, December 13, 2001
Nokia Market Study Shows That 3G Mobile Users Want to be Entertained On the Move, December 13, 2001
NetMate to Ease the Migration to 2.5G and 3G Wireless Networks, December 13, 2001
Centennial Dominicana and Lucent Complete First 1X Wireless Data Call in Dominican Republic, December 13, 2001
Malaysia expects to announce next-generation technology very soon, December 13, 2001
Hi3G and NCC Sign Agreement Regarding 3G Infrastructure Roll-out in Sweden, December 13, 2001
LG Telecom to have streaming video content without 3G technology, December 13, 2001
Nokia and Check Point announces next-generation security alliance, December 12, 2001
Italy extends license terms, December 12, 2001
COM DEV's M/ERGY Used by SK Telecom to Launch World's First 3G Wireless Internet Service, December 12, 2001
UK Oftel refers operators to Competition Commission that could threaten 3G rollout, December 12, 2001
Orange Goes 3G Bargain Hunting, December 12, 2001
Mitsubishi announces new power amplifer module for WCDMA, December 12, 2001
Japan sees next-generation take-off in 2003, December 12, 2001
3G Chip Manufacturers Offered Amnesty, thru Spectra Licensing and France Telecom, for Back Royalties Related to Turbo Codes, December 12, 2001
Anritsu adds cdma2000 and p/4DQPSK capabilities to Digital Mobile Radio Transmitter Tester, December 12, 2001
BitFlash and TI collaborating to deliver SVG on 3G devices, December 11, 2001
Swedish operators to get fined for delays, December 11, 2001
New TI 14-Bit, 400MSPS Digital-to-Analog Converter Targets Multi-Carrier Wireless Base Transceiver Stations, December 11, 2001
New Era for Wireless Billing Means Big Business for Vendors and Suppliers, IDC Says, December 11, 2001
Generic Media Incorporates PacketVideo Technology to Deliver Streaming Video To DoCoMo's 3G Media-Ready Cell Phones, December 11, 2001
Sharp develops IrDA for next-generation mobile handsets, December 11, 2001
We are first with 3G said South Korea's MIC, December 11, 2001
FT and DT go Dutch, December 11, 2001
Swisscom Mobile sets up first UMTS calls in Switzerland, December 10, 2001
CommWorks Provides 3G Wireless Data Technology for TELUS Mobility, December 10, 2001
Hutchison 3G signs national roaming agreement with BT Cellnet, December 10, 2001
Wireless Is The Next Computing Opportunity, Says ABI, December 10, 2001
Mobile alliance provides catalyst for rapid 3G roll-out, December 10, 2001
Network365 chosen by mmO2 as mCommerce partner in Europe’s first 3G Trials, December 10, 2001
Leap Introduces Kyocera 2235 1X Handset on Upgraded Next-Generation Networks In Phoenix and Denver, December 10, 2001
RealNetworks Announces Membership in 3GPP, December 10, 2001
Hutchison 3G appoints Bureau Veritas as independent site assessment body, December 10, 2001
Lucent supplies CDMA technology to Telemobil for launch of its next-generation mobile network, December 10, 2001

3rd - 9th

KDDI launches next-generation type content without having to use 3G networks, December 9, 2001
NextWave hands back precious wireless license, December 9, 2001
Uruguay delays auction to late Jan, December 9, 2001
Smile to be the first 3G advertiser in Europe, December 9, 2001
Fujitsu launches dual-operation flash memory chip for 3G handsets, December 8, 2001
Experts Meet to Harmonize Mobile High-Speed Packet Data, December 8, 2001
Hughes to Offer High Reliability 3G Solutions for Telecom OEMs on Motorola Platforms, December 7, 2001
AT&T Wireless in US$1 Billion 3G Spend, December 7, 2001
RadioMobil and Eurotel Wins UMTS Licence Auction in Czech, December 7, 2001
Vodafone NZ Selects Nortel Networks to Supply Packet Backbone Network for 3G Network Architecture, December 7, 2001
Motorola Accelerates UMTS Implementation After Successful Laboratory Tests, December 6, 2001
Ericsson to deliver 3G core network to global mobile satellite operator Inmarsat, December 6, 2001
Emblaze and OmniVision deploys video content without using 3G devices, December 6, 2001
McubeWorks uses TI's OMAP Platform for Content Designs to Support SK Telecom's CDMA 2000 Network, December 6, 2001
Toshiba Calls off Siemens Venture and NEC Delays, December 6, 2001
NEC to deliver next-generation handsets in late 2002, December 6, 2001
Siemens and NEC wins EUR 710 million order to supply H3G with UMTS mobile radio technology, December 6, 2001
WJ Communications Announces New UMTS Mixers for 3G Wireless Applications, December 5, 2001
Jamaica could have 3G phones before many countries in Europe, December 5, 2001
UbiNetics and Actix offer fast track to bug-free 3G networks, December 5, 2001
nGame Signs Distribution Agreement With Opentown for Next Generation 3G Wireless Gaming Content, December 5, 2001
Europe’s first fully operational 3G/UMTS network launched on the Isle of Man, December 5, 2001
FOMA plans to expand network coverage, December 5, 2001
Nokia Selects TimesTen's Real Time Data Management Software for Future Wireless Infrastructure Products, December 5, 2001
Siemens to deliver 3G mobile network for American wireless carrier Cingular Wireless, December 5, 2001
IDA seeks views on proposed policy approach to 3G infrastructure sharing in Singapore, December 4, 2001
Sanyo and Kodak establish OLED Display Production Joint Venture, December 4, 2001
Telefónica Móviles and Mitsui sign global agreement for mobile internet business development, December 4, 2001
MPEG-4 Multimedia Content Going Mobile With Philips At Internet World Wireless 2001, December 4, 2001
Italian Government Looking at 3G Extension, December 4, 2001
mm02 not expect mass take-up until 2003, December 4, 2001
NTT West and NTT East launches ISDN that communicates with FOMA handsets, December 4, 2001
W-LAN 'complementary not competitive' with 3G, says UMTS Forum, December 4, 2001
CommWorks Announces 3G products from Lucent, December 3, 2001
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Announces 1X Baseband-to-RF Transmit Processor, December 3, 2001
Craig Wireless Delivers World's First Advanced 3G Broadband Technology to Vancouver, December 3, 2001
Ericsson and Cingular Wireless Team to Pave the Way for 3G Offerings in the U.S., December 3, 2001
Cingular Wireless Selects Nokia as a Main Supplier to Its GSM/EDGE Network, December 3, 2001
French Government Issues New 3G Licence Terms, December 3, 2001
Two HK telecos stresses sharing rules much relax, December 3, 2001
Korea allocates 3G spectrum, December 3, 2001
Sonera is strong with UMTS rollout, December 3, 2001

1st - 2nd

RadioMobil and Eurotel submits bids for UMTS licence, December 2, 2001
I-mode is not necessarily the right business plan for 3G, December 1, 2001
Technology Business Research Initiates Coverage of 3G Wireless Carriers in an Uncertain Technology, December 1, 2001

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