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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Chinese 3G products ready by 2005

June 23, 2004

China's home-grown 3G mobile phone technology will be ready for full commercial launch by summer 2005. Zhang Qi, a senior official at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), said a full range of products designed for the TD-SCDMA technology would be available for commercial use by June 2005.

Zhang told a news conference that handsets and base stations have been tested successfully and is "very confident" that a completely domestically developed TD-SCDMA handset would be launched in a year's time.

3G mobile phones in China would be dual-mode, able to run on TD-SCDMA plus either CDMA2000 or WCDMA technologies. Zhang expects by June 2005 there would be at least five to six mobile phones based on TD-SCDMA with home-grown chips.

Lou Qinjian, a vice minister at the MII, also confirmed that TD-SCDMA products would be ready by next June but said that the government has not set a timeframe for issuing 3G licenses. Field trials for 3G are still being carried out and the issue of 3G licenses would depend on product, market and business development.

Lou said the trials are scheduled to be completed in September. China is conducting trials on WCDMA, CDMA2000 and TD-SCDMA standards.

Foreign equipment vendors are eager for licenses to be awarded soon as it could lead to contracts worth billions. They also fear TD_SCDMA would take away some 3G market share due to strong government backing.