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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SK IMT keeps silence on 3G bidding
December 30, 2002
SK IMT, a unit of SK Telecom, is not expected to announce its 3G
equipment bidding result, worth more than 280 billion won ($227.5
million), anytime soon. The operator has set itself a deadline of
December 31 but it looks likely that the result will be announced
in the New Year. Industry analysts believed SK IMT would already
have announced the result if it were not for the presidential election
on December 19.
SK IMT plans to introduce WCDMA service in autumn of next year.
It started the benchmarking test on September 30 and lasted till
October 23. The five contenders involved in the testing were Samsung
Electronics, LG Electronics, Nortel Networks, Alcatel and Nokia.
SK IMT said they would select at least two final bidders for the
initial phase of its WCDMA network installation. The company said
it would have commercial WCDMA service in Seoul and Busan before
extending the service to 13 major cities and other areas.
SK Telecom is offering 3G services, named 'June', using the CDMA2000
1x EV-DO platform, which is seen as a competitor to WCDMA. Telecom
analysts say that SK Telecom will want to experiment with as many
3G services as possible through the EV-DO network before migrating
to WCDMA 3G service. SK Telecom is planning a merger with SK IMT
next year in a bid to integrate 3G service and cut out duplicate
investments .
The result of the equipment bidding could have serious impact on
equipment vendors. Losers could face a lost of reputation that could
affect future equipment bidding. In May, Ericsson was disqualified
in the WCDMA 3G mobile equipment bidding for KT ICOM, WCDMA license
holder, which affected the company's image and causing layoffs in
its Seoul office. Nortel Networks' reputaion was damaged when Taiwanese
operator Chunghwa decided to choose Nokia as its equipment supplier
despite Nortel offering the lowest price.
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3G Motorola A920
