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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KPN to go HSDPA in 2006

March 13, 2005

Dutch telecommunications firm Royal KPN NV (KPN) announced it will start upgrading its 3G mobile phone network with HSDPA technology starting in 2006.

"We see HSDPA as a logical future step," said KPN mobile division Chief Executive Guy Demuynck at the CeBIT fair in Hanover. "It is a standard evolution of (3G) and we will start initial implementation in heavy traffic areas in 2006."

He views 3G services as "an evolution, not a revolution" but questions when 3G services will become a mass market service. "The question is, will 2005 be the breakthrough for (3G)?"

Demuynck expects the current GSM mobile networks to stay in use for the next five to 10 years.

KPN is currently testing mobile TV, regarded by some to drive the take-up of 3G services, and depending on the results of those tests the operator will launch mobile TV in 2006.