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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NTT DoCoMo and WIND Start Strategic i-mode Partnership in the Italian
Market
June 30, 2003
Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Italy's Wind Telecomunicazioni announced that
they have started a strategic 2G/3G i-mode partnership in the Italian
market to challenge 3Italy, Italy's first 3G operator.
As a result of this partnership with Wind, DoCoMo will have the opportunity
to deliver the i-mode content service it developed to Europe's most competitive
mobile market.
The exclusive licensing agreement signed for this partnership will allow
Wind to launch the 2G i-mode service in Italy as well as i-mode 3G network
in the near future.
Through its provision of i-mode, Wind will create a range of new services,
allowing Wind customers to:
- Access Internet services with a wide variety of content on their mobile
phone
- Choose among a wide range of innovative and multifunctional handsets
- Participate in the i-mode alliance group
The agreement, which will remain in place for five years from June 2003,
is renewable by mutual accord and is an exclusive contract with Wind in
Italy for 4 years for Wind's 2G and 3G. According to the terms of this
agreement, Wind is to offer the i-mode service on its GPRS network, with
know-how, technologies, trademarks and expert assistance to be provided
by DoCoMo.
The i-mode system is an open platform, enabling users to freely access
and navigate through the main portals, and offering an advanced system
that allows content and service providers to give mobile users simple
and easy-to-use access to their services.
As occurred in Japan with DoCoMo, Wind believes that its adoption of
the i-mode system will attract a large number of content providers, who
will be free to develop their own applications, and market them over Wind's
i-mode platform, creating the basis for a new and innovative business
segment.
Finally, the partnership between Wind and DoCoMo will make it possible
for Wind to join the i-mode alliance through such services as i-mode roaming
by Wind's participation in the international network formed by the other
European operators who use the service: Bouygues Telecom S.A. in France,
E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH&Co.KG in Germany, KPN Mobile The Netherlands B.V.
in the Netherlands and BASE N.V./S.A. in Belgium.
Wind believes that the first i-mode services in Italy will be offered
by the end of 2003. Wind customers equipped with an i-mode handset will
be able to navigate the i-mode portal and the sites created by the operator's
official content providers, surf all i-mode compatible sites and enjoy
integrated access to their e-mail on Libero.
Moreover, Wind plans to make its i-mode services available over its 3G
network together with those already marketed over Wind's GPRS system in
the future.
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