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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GSM lays Brazilian Foundations for 3G
July 3, 2003
UMTS Forum Chairman Jean-Pierre Bienaimé underlined the benefits of GSM
as the foundation for Brazil's future mobile evolution towards UMTS. By
committing to GSM, Bienaimé urged Brazil to become a player in the global
market for mobile services that will be created by UMTS during the next
decade.
Speaking at the Third GSM Brazil Congress - hosted by IBC Telecoms in
Rio de Janeiro, Bienaimé stated that GSM lays the ideal foundations for
evolution towards UMTS/W-CDMA in Latin America. It provides an open, fully
standardised environment for operators to evolve their business based
on their 2G investment. GSM is forecasted to be the region's fastest growing
mobile standard in 2007 due to migration from TDMA and analogue networks.
Bienaimé also highlighted that as number one market choice, GSM will provide
almost full radio coverage in the Latin American region, paving the way
for a dominant UMTS/W-CDMA usage.
Bienaimé stressed that Latin America is not obliged to deploy the CDMA
alternative - stating that with GSM - which represents the choice of more
than 70% of the global wireless market - Brazilian operators will benefit
of huge economies of scale and variety of products developed for the needs
of the global market. GSM will also allow operators to enter into international
roaming and interoperability agreements with some 500 GSM/UMTS networks
across 197 countries world-wide, thus benefiting consumers and business
customers alike. "Mobile communication is a business of global nature
that must be structured globally. This is the only way to ensure better
products and services, at lower costs, to customers everywhere" he added.
The UMTS Forum has previously forecasted (2001) that the Brazilian market
for UMTS services will be worth some US$ 6 billion annually within the
next ten years - representing a quarter of all Latin American 3G operator
revenues.
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