December 02 3G News

30th -

Hutchison delay 3G launch until March, December 31, 2002
SK IMT keeps silence on 3G bidding, December 30, 2002
Ericsson wins additional USD $25 million for CDMA2000 1X to China Unicom, December 30, 2002

23rd - 29th

Ericsson signed CDMA2000 1X Contract with PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia, December 28, 2002
J-Phone 3G launch lacks handsets, December 27, 2002
Spanish gov eases 3G conditions, December 27, 2002
DoCoMo and AT&T Plans To Deploy W-CDMA In Four U.S. Cities by the end of December 2004, December 26, 2002
'Hutch' unveiled the first CDMA 1X handset in Thailand, December 24, 2002
Sprint announce new 3G Samsung SPH-i330 phone, December 23, 2002
Reliance Infocom selects Comverse to enable prepaid services for its CDMA2000 network, December 23, 2002
Orange to exit from Sweden, December 23, 2002
Weekly Round Up and Comments, December 23, 2002

16th - 22nd

3 hits the streets of London, December 22, 2002
Nokia seals deal with Taiwan Cellular Corp to deliver WCDMA 3G Network, December 22, 2002
Ericsson Chosen as Primary 3G Supplier by TDC Mobil, December 20, 2002
E-Plus receives EUR 150 million from Quam for failed venture, December 20, 2002
J-Phone launch 3G services in Japan, December 20, 2002
Strategy Analytics publishes wireless predictions for 2003, December 19, 2002
SingTel makes Singapore’s first public 3G video calls, December 19, 2002
Anite Introduces U-RAMS UMTS Radio Measurement Platform, December 19, 2002
SingTel to launch 3G next year in selected cities, December 19, 2002
Swedish Government Mulls 3G Delay, December 19, 2002
Dimension Telecom signs support agreement with Hi3G, December 19, 2002
Pelephone selects ECI Telecom's T::DAX for smoother migration to 3G, December 19, 2002
U.S. Cellular selects Ericsson for CDMA 1XRTT network support services, December 19, 2002
CDMA Americas Congress highlights CDMA2000's dominant position in 3G, December 19, 2002
Hop-On enters royalty agreement with InterDigital, December 18, 2002
Lucent increases capacity of 3G CDMA2000 base station, December 18, 2002
Asia-Pacific Mobile Users will Grow from 312 Million in 2001 to 649 Million by Year-End 2006, December 18, 2002
Qualcomm Announces RTR6250 UMTS/GSM RF Chip to Enable Worldwide Roaming for UMTS Terminals, December 17, 2002
Qualcomm Congratulates Telesp Celular and Telefónica Celular on the Expansion of their 3G Networks, December 17, 2002
Taiwan APBW confident on 3G success, December 17, 2002
New DoCoMo service could reach speeds of 14.4 Mbps, December 17, 2002
Nortel completes deployment of 3G CDMA network for Telefonica Celular in Brazil, December 17, 2002
U.S. Cellular selects Lucent for 3G wireless network, December 17, 2002
Motorola selects ORGA's 3G test equipment, December 17, 2002
3G Coming, Ready or Not, December 16, 2002
Taiwanese government hires UbiNetics to accelerate 3G development, December 16, 2002
EU official say no 3G boom before 2008, December 16, 2002
3: Everybody at the motorshow to try the videocall, December 16, 2002
Delta Telecom launches 3G mobile network using solutions from Lucent, December 16, 2002
Companies to highlight benefits of 3G UMTS for the enterprise market, December 16, 2002
3 opens its first store in Milan, December 16, 2002
Weekly Round Up and Comments, December 15, 2002

9th - 15th

Merger between KTF and KT ICOM to increase 3G investment, December 15, 2002
Metatron Technologies Acquires W-CDMA (UMTS) Test Equipment License From Qualcomm, December 14, 2002
China United to trial 3G cdma2000 in 2003, December 13, 2002
Ericsson to increase involvement in cdma2000, December 13, 2002
NEC launches 3G Vird solution, December 13, 2002
Vodafone Sweden will not appeal against PTS's decision, December 13, 2002
C&W provides first 3G-compliant GRX service to J-Phone, December 13, 2002
DoCoMo showcase miniaturised FOMA network outside of Japan, December 12, 2002
LG selects Qualcomm's MSM6200 for WCDMA/GSM handsets, December 12, 2002
phones 4u to sell Hutchison 3G handsets, December 12, 2002
Hutchison 3G denies job cuts, December 11, 2002
Symbian enters 3G market with Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo, December 11, 2002
Apple to introduce QuickTime for Japanese 3G FOMA phones, December 11, 2002
CAMD introduce EMI filtering and ESD protection for 3G device, December 11, 2002
Hutchison 3G UK appoints distributors, December 11, 2002
DoCoMo announce 3 new FOMA handsets, December 10, 2002
Hutchison 3G UK unveiled upcoming products and services, December 10, 2002
Embedded Linux for OMAP processor targets 3G phones, December 10, 2002
Cyneta selects Avnet to integrate content switch for GPRS/EDGE networks, December 10, 2002
Lucent introduces new flagship CDMA base station for 3G CDMA and UMTS networks, December 10, 2002
Siemens to supply UMTS equipment to P&T Luxembourg, December 10, 2002
Vodafone to buy 3G capacity from Hutchison, December 9, 2002
BellSouth and Smartcom take careful approach on 3G, December 9, 2002
KDDI Streaks Ahead In 3G, December 9, 2002
Nokia and Radiolinja test positioning technology on WCDMA network, December 9, 2002
Cadence partners with vendors to provide verification system for 2.5/3G and 802.11, December 9, 2002
Weekly Round Up and Comments, December 9, 2002

2nd - 8th

Nokia propose new wireless technology, December 8, 2002
Carphone in deal with Hutchison to sell 3G phones, December 6, 2002
Datang in dispute with Qualcomm over 3G patent, December 6, 2002
Orange to launch 3G in 2003 for UK, December 5, 2002
Hutchison 3G axe jobs in UK, December 5, 2002
KPN confirms its 3G investment plan, December 5, 2002
Oniway to close down 3G operation, December 4, 2002
Vesper deploys CDMA2000 1xEV-DO wireless network, December 4, 2002
China to issue 3G licenses only when time is right, December 4, 2002
Tektronix announce test support for latest UMTS release, December 4, 2002
Ericsson and AT&T make first 3G UMTS call in America, December 4, 2002
mmO2 may launch full 3G service in late 2003, December 4, 2002
Lucent sees growing momentum for 3G, December 4, 2002
24 million CDMA2000 subscribers worldwide, December 4, 2002
PT Wireless Indonesia selects Airvana to provide 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network, December 4, 2002
ACS selects Airvana for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO trial, December 4, 2002
Nortel to link Wi-Fi with 3G UMTS and CDMA Networks, December 4, 2002
Nokia and Racal to provide testing for CDMA2000 1xEV-DV, December 4, 2002
Anite delivers 3G test cases for handset development, December 4, 2002
J-Phone announce date of 3G launch, December 3, 2002
UMTS Forum predicts substantial 3G growth opportunity in Asia, December 3, 2002
Comsys provide EDGE IP for TI wireless chipset solutions, December 3, 2002
EuroTel Meets 3G Payments, December 3, 2002
picoChip introduce 3G baseband technology, December 2, 2002
Telstra launches 3G service for business customers, December 2, 2002
Hutchison outsource 3G network to Ericsson, December 2, 2002
Spanish high court rejects Uni2 appeal, December 2, 2002
Weekly Round Up and Comments, December 2, 2002

1st -

J-Phone to launch 3G services in December, December 1, 2002
Sweden rejects Vodafone 3G delay application, December 1, 2002