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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DoCoMo helps out 3G handset makers
January 16, 2003
Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo said it would provide about
40 billion yen ($339 million) in subsidies to manufacturers to develop
handsets for its 3G FOMA network. The company will pay to handset
vendors about half of the cost of developing each 3G model.
The latest move is an attempt to boost the operator's struggling
FOMA service by lowering the price of each handset and improve the
line-up of attractive handsets. High prices of previous handsets
have hampered take-up of the 3G service by consumers with only 150,000
customers signed up to 3G FOMA since its launch in October 2001.
DoCoMo's decision to subsidise development of 3G handsets would
allow the firm to acquire joint patents and give it more say in
the development of 3G handsets particularly in overseas markets.
It was reported that developing software and microprocessors for
FOMA WCDMA phones costs 10 times more than conventional handsets.
Handset vendors are facing huge cost in developing handsets for
3G but are finding it difficult to recover the costs. DoCoMo's decision
could give handset manufactures the funding it needs to shorten
development time and improve handset functions.
The first wave of subsidises will go to NEC, Fujitsu and Matsushita
Electric Industrial.
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3G Motorola A920
