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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3G to exploit porn
January 14, 2003
Mobile phone operators will look to soft porn in an attempt to
increase the ARPU. Rather than just downloading porn images, 3G
mobile users would in the future be able to download video clips.
The telecom industry is close to saturation and operators are looking
to existing customers to spend more.
With operators slashing billions on 3G mobile phone licenses in
the UK, operators hope new 3G services will recoup the costs spent
networks and licenses. 3G is hailed to revolutionise mobile content
by making it feasible to download high quality images and clips
and improve the overall content look. Despite promised service such
as Premiership Goal video clips, video telephony and music downloads,
operators may need to turn to porn for their source of big revenue.
Operators will be trying to sign up high-quality adult content
providers that would allow let users download images and colour
video clips such as Playboy and PocketJoy.com. Virgin Mobile and
Hutchison 3G, have already appointed dedicated advisers to look
into making money from adult content.
A code of practice will be drawn up to ensure that users under
the age of 18 do not buy adult content. Contents may be forced to
carry a classification rating system for picture and video messaging
to pave the way for adult-only mobile phone services.
IT research company Visiongain has predicted that profit from sales
of pornographic material to wireless devices could grow to $4 billion
by 2006. Industry experts believe that pornographic content will
fuel the growth of the 3G mobile market just like it has done with
the Internet.
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