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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China to issue 3G licenses only when time is right
December 4, 2002
The Chinese government has not set a timetable for the issue of
3G licenses said Wu Jichuan, Minister of Information Industry. The
granting of 3G licenses depends on market demand for the new technology,
Wu added.
"The question is not on licenses. The technology of 3G has been
developing very rapidly. When are we going to have 3G applications?
When will 3G be commercially viable? That's the crux of the matter,"
Wu said.
"We have to nurture the market. It will work only if there is a
market, if there is a demand," he told the press.
China will conduct trial runs on the technologies and their related
linkages with 2G and 2.5G technologies. Following problems in the
European market, China will not rush into 3G and will keep a close
eye on 3G development in other countries.
Meanwhile, Wu said the government had no plans to impose the homegrown
Chinese 3G TD-SCDMA standard on mobile operators when it issues
licenses for the service. The comments follow concerns that the
government might force some Chinese carriers to adopt TD-SCDMA.
Wu expressed that no one technology will be the dominant standard
and will depend on how the market develops.
There is speculation that the government is delaying the issue
of 3G licenses until TD-SCDMA is ready to rollout. Datang, co-developers
of TD-SCDMA, claims the technology is more flexible, cheaper and
can handle more data and calls than WCDMA and cdma2000.
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3G Motorola A920
