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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UK Mobile Operators Sign Code of Conduct
January 7, 2004 - source: BWCS
As concerns over the distribution of unsuitable mobile content continue
to grow, operators in the UK have developed a Code of Practice to govern
the way content is classified and made available to their customers. Vodafone,
Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile and 3 have all signed up to the code,
which will be published on their company websites.
Among the key points of the code are an 18 rating for adult content;
an age verification procedure before such content is distributed to a
customer; an independent classification framework similar to that used
in the media industry; monitoring of chat rooms; parental controls to
be added to devices; and greater cooperation between mobile operators
and law enforcement agencies. The operators also promised to increase
their efforts to combat spam on their networks.
While Communications Minister Stephen Timms welcomed the action, the
operators’ enthusiasm for self-regulation is an obvious move to prevent
tighter external controls being imposed on the industry. Adult content
plays an important part in getting customers to sign up to sophisticated
mobile services such as 3 or Vodafone Live! and purchase high res colour
screen handsets, and the operators are understandably keen to protect
lucrative revenue streams from adult premium services. The code excludes
SMS services, which are regulated by the ICSTIS Code of Practice, and
peer to peer communications.
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