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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DoCoMo to reach 25 million 3G users in 2006
December 4, 2003
Japan's NTT DoCoMo expects the number of subscribers to its 3G FOMA service
to hit the 25 million target by 2006. The bullish target would be reached
with the help of new handsets and wider network coverage.
"We expect our total users to be around 50 million in 2006 and half of
them will be 3G users," NTT DoCoMo Chief Executive Keiji Tachikawa said
in a news conference.
Tachikawa said DoCoMo will unveil new handsets in mid-December that would
be available early next year.
DoCoMo's 3G handsets in the past suffered with short battery life and
were bulkier compared with 2G handsets. The new handsets attempt to rectify
these problems by being lighter and slimmer. Battery life will be similar
to that of current 2G phones and will come with a high quality megapixel
camera. The price is also coming down to the levels of 2G phones.
DoCoMo now has 1.6 million 3G users but its rival KDDI has over 10 million
3G subscribers despite launching its service 6 months later.
Tachikawa also said DoCoMo would be encouraging handset makers of its
3G handsets to base their products on the Linux or Symbian operating systems.
The move aims to reduce development costs for suppliers and ensure that
handsets were compatible with those of other operators using different
standards. Traditionally, Japanese handset makers mainly use the home-grown
TRON operating system.
"There won't be one unified operating system for 3G phones worldwide.
But fragmentation would cause inconvenience. So DoCoMo recommends Linux
and Symbian," Tachikawa said.
He said the reason for these two operating and not Microsoft's is because
"openness is not guaranteed with Microsoft's".
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3G Motorola A920
