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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Competition Commission decision could delay UK 3G rollout
January 21, 2003
Mobile phone operators in Britain are expected to make a formal
appeal against the Competition Commission's decision to cut costs
for calls made from landlines to mobile phones. The Competition
Commission's proposal to lower "termination charge" could slow operators'
rollout of 3G services, claimed the four UK 3G license holders.
The commission found the termination charge, the price of calling
a mobile phone from a fixed line, levied by the mobile operators
is 30% to 40% too high. Under the new proposal, operators will need
to cut charges by 15% in real terms before July this year.
It was the failure of the operators to agree on a less severe price
cap offered by Oftel that forced the case to be referred to the
Competition Commission.
Mobile operators argued that the mobile phone market in the UK
was already competitive and would damage 3G investments if the price
proposal came into effect. The cost of calling mobile to mobile
could go up to offset the fall in revenues operators get from fixed
line networks.
Experts believe the decision by the commission could force handset
prices to go up because operators may reduce handset subsidies.
Another concern was that 3G investments could be reduced and further
delay the launch of 3G services in the UK.
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