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
- previous news
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Mobile mast attacks won't affect 3G rollout in UK
December 1, 2003
Local residents in the UK are taking matters into their own hands over
health concerns with radio base stations. Campaigners against mobile base
station are destroying mobile masts across the country which could hamper
the rollout of 3G networks.
As the rollout of 3G networks quickens pace so has the surge in the number
of mobile mast protesters. Residents blame base stations nearby for the
numerous cases of serious illness in the area. The police are treating
the destruction of mobile phone masts as an act of vandalism. Last month
a base station in Wishaw was pulled down and people living in the area
are on the lookout for any signs of a replacement.
The mobile industry maintains that the attacks would not hamper the rollout
of 3G networks.
"Pulling down a mobile phone mast is dangerous, both to the perpetrators
and people living nearby," said a spokesperson for the Mobile Operators
Association (MOA), which represents Vodafone, Orange, T-mobile, O2 and
Hutchison.
All the five operators own 3G licences and the MOA insist that erecting
the extra masts needed shouldn't be a big problem.
"The vast majority of mobile phone masts are built with no problems at
all, and there is plenty of opportunity for people to make their views
felt during the planning application process."
The MOA said the operators estimated a total of 48,000 mobile phone masts
would be needed to cover 80% of the population and at the moment they
have 40,000. Operators in Britain are required to cover 80% of the population
by 2007.
There have been reports published in the past suggesting radiation from
mobile phones and masts causes health problems but no report has said
the danger actually exists. In Denmark, worries over the radiation produced
by 3G base stations led to local authorities lobbying the government to
stop 3G rollout until the issue is resolved.
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