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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Telefonica Prepares to March Into Slovakia

July 18, 2006 - source: BWCS

Spanish operator Telefonica, showing no sign of a slowing appetite for foreign expansion, has announced plans to bid for new mobile phone licence in Slovakia. According to reports in the Spanish business daily Expansion, the Slovak authorities have received three bids for the new licence, which will allow the winner to build both GSM and UMTS networks.

Also in the running for the new franchise is Czech Radiokomunikace, which is bidding in conjunction with local Slovak financial group Penta. Austria Mobilkom has also launched a bid. According to the Slovak Telecoms office, conditions for the licence include a reduction in mobile phone call prices and increased competition in the mobile sector.

The winning bidder will face competition from the two mobile established mobile operators: Orange Slovakia and T-Mobile Slovakia. In January of this year, T-Mobile launched a limited 3G services in Slovakia. At that time the German controlled operator had around 2 million customers and a 44% share of the market, tailing France Telecom-backed Orange, which boasted 2.5 million subscribers and a 56% market share.