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Other 3G News
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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Telia says 3G will not produce profits for ten years
date: 09th March 2001, source by: 
Total Telecom
Swedish incumbent Telia said it may take ten years before it turns a
profit on 3G mobile services, although the business will be up and running
within four.
Osten Makitalo, head of strategy for the operator's wireless arm, Telia
Mobile, told Reuters "It will take about four years before it really
picks up momentum," but added, "We must expect it to take around 10 years
[to become profitable]."
He also warned that 3G technology does not have an unlimited shelf-life.
"If it takes longer it will be money down the drain because the technology
will probably be outdated by then," he said.
But Reuters reported that Bert Ericson, head of forecasting at
Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson, had even gloomier predictions,
telling the conference that it could take up to 20 years before operators
started making a profit on 3G investments.
The news service reported that a second Telia executive further muddied
the waters when he said he expected Telia's 3G operations in Sweden, which
are conducted in cooperation with rival operator Tele2, to turn a profit
within only three or four years.
Telia failed to win its own Swedish UMTS license in the country's beauty
contest in December and opted to team up with Netcom's mobile arm Tele2,
which won a license, to jointly invest in a national 3G network.
The companies will spend $1.85 billion on their 18,000-base station network,
which Makitalo said on Wednesday would reach nationwide coverage by the
end of 2003.
Telia has already shown willingness to explore other avenues to build
mobile revenues, including through the virtual mobile operator route.
Telia Mobile's president, Kenneth Karlberg, told Total Telecom
earlier this week that it may expand its horizons beyond current deals
with Swedish MVNOs Tele1 and Sense to include the U.K.'s Virgin Mobile.
"Telia is interested in expanding its MVNO operations in Europe and globally
... maybe Virgin Mobile and Telia Mobile can cooperate," he said.
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