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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Alcatel and Fujitsu open FOMA Showroom in France
January 21, 2004
Alcatel and Fujitsu Limited announced the official opening of a FOMA
showroom showcasing NTT DoCoMo's 3G FOMA mobile communication services
in France. The new facility is located in the premises of Alcatel, Fujitsu's
3G partner, in the suburbs of Paris.
This is the only FOMA showroom available in France. This showroom enables
visitors to directly access NTT DoCoMo's groundbreaking FOMA network and
experience the world's first commercial 3G end-user services based on
W-CDMA technology. To achieve this, Alcatel and Fujitsu, who jointly operate
the Paris FOMA showroom, connected this facility to the FOMA network in
Japan through an international private line. Fujitsu has provided the
FOMA handsets and base station.
By offering industry opinion leaders the opportunity to experience live
FOMA 3G services, the project is meant to foster a better understanding
of business opportunities that could be generated by innovative 3G services,
and it lays the ground for the successful introduction of 3G/UMTS commercial
services in Europe. 3GPP-compliant third-generation systems are developed
by Evolium SAS, a joint venture company established by Alcatel and Fujitsu.
A wealth of feature-rich 3G services, already enjoyed by NTT DoCoMo's
subscribers in Japan, are available in the Paris-based FOMA showroom:
i-mode , i-appli, Multi-access and Internet access on PC. In addition,
the showroom will feature international mobile video telephony between
FOMA users in France and UMTS ones in the UK.
"FOMA is the world's first commercial 3G mobile communications service
based on W-CDMA technology," stated Dr. Kota Kinoshita, Executive Vice
President and CTO, NTT DoCoMo. "Thanks to the Paris FOMA Showroom, French
and European industry opinion leaders are now in the unique position to
enjoy, in a real life situation, the state-of-the-art 3G FOMA mobile communications
services as if they were in Japan. We are thankful to Fujitsu and Alcatel
whose dedicated teamwork made the success of this project possible," Dr.
Kinoshita added.
"Fujitsu is a major strategic partner of NTT DoCoMo for W-CDMA technology,"
stated Hiroaki Takeichi, Corporate Vice President, System Products Business
Group (Telecommunications) of Fujitsu Limited. "Fujitsu's strategy is
to provide quality network and IT solutions to its customers, in particular
to NTT DoCoMo. Building upon the success of Evolium SAS, the Alcatel-Fujitsu
joint venture for 3G infrastructure, the implementation of the Paris FOMA
Showroom is yet another foundation of the important business potential
generated by our W-CDMA collaboration with Alcatel," Takeichi added.
"Alcatel's mobile strategy is driven by end-user services," stated Marc
Rouanne, Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel's mobile activities. "For
Europeans, this FOMA Showroom is an invaluable window on DoCoMo's advanced
services. It will allow us to further increase our knowledge and understanding
of end-users' experience with mobile multimedia services, in complement
to our 3G Reality Centres program, with the overall objective to accelerate
the delivery of appealing 3G services," Rouanne concluded.
Available services:
-- i-mode (a high-speed packet transmission service at speeds of up to
384 kbps),
-- i-appli (an application service that uses Java programs),
-- i-motionTM (a service that offers short audio and video content),
-- i-motionTM mail (a video mail service that sends video clips with sound
to other FOMA terminals and PCs),
-- M-stage V-Live TM (a video streaming service that transmits a variety
of live and archived video content using circuit switched 64 kbps data
transmission),
-- M-stage Visual Net (a videophone service that can accommodate up to
eight people),
-- Multi-access (a service that can simultaneously handle voice call and
packet communications),
-- Internet access on PC (high-speed packet transmission at up to packet
switched 384 kbps and circuit switched 64 kbps).
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