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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O2 Ireland switches on 3G network
December 15, 2003
O2 Ireland announced that it has exceeded its regulatory requirements
for the introduction of its 3G service and has commenced limited services
among selected business and individual customers. O2's 3G network coverage
extends to more than 35% of the population and covers major urban centres
such as Dublin city and county and the cities of Cork, Limerick, Galway,
Waterford and Kilkenny. O2 will continue expanding its 3G network across
the country.
Some 25 customers have been equipped with Nokia 6650 handsets and are
using O2's 3G network for their voice and data communications. In addition
to voice services, initial applications will include high-speed internet
access at speeds significantly faster than dial-up, ISDN or GPRS connections,
as well as video messaging and other multimedia services.
Danuta Gray, chief executive officer, O2 Ireland, said: "We are very
happy to announce the introduction of our 3G service and that a limited
number of customers are already using the network. Our initial focus will
be on the main cities around the Republic of Ireland and on trialling
appealing new multimedia services and applications. Our intention is to
introduce the service on a more widespread basis later in 2004 once the
issue of handset availability is overcome."
O2 Ireland hopes to bring mass market 3G services to Ireland in the second
part of 2004 and into 2005. However, the company has emphasised that making
3G a mass market service will depend on the availability of an adequate
supply of good quality handsets, competitively priced and with sufficient
battery life.
While 3G technology will bring further speed and capacity, O2 Ireland
pointed out that mobile users are already benefiting from high speed data
services such as email on the move, web access and media messaging over
its existing 2.5G network which offers nationwide coverage and international
roaming.
Danuta Gray concluded: "We are pleased with the progress we have made
in building an extensive 3G network and making it available to a limited
number of customers. However, the success of 3G will be dependent on the
availability of good quality handsets at competitive prices and on the
growing market demand for compelling data services. We intend to be an
industry leader in providing 3G services in Ireland and are committed
to a long term investment strategy to ensure its success as a quality,
customer friendly service".
With a limited commercial 3G network now available, O2 Ireland becomes
the only mobile operator in the Irish market offering a wide range of
wireless technologies to suit different types of customers and situations
including GPRS (2.5G), Wi-Fi and now, 3G.
Today's announcement follows the start of friendly user 3G trials by
O2 Germany last month.
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