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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Hutchison 3G might lose 2G roaming agreement with O2
May 17, 2003
UK's telecom regulator Oftel has published a consultation document on
whether the current requirement on O2 and Vodafone to negotiate an agreement
with 3G new entrant operator Hutchison 3G (3) to allow customers of 3
to roam over their 2G network should continue.
Under the new EC rules, all licences will be revoked on the 25 July 2003
which means the current obligation on O2 and Vodafone to offer roaming
will fall away.
The 3G licences of O2 and Vodafone granted under the 3G mobile spectrum
auction include a condition that requires them to negotiate a national
roaming agreement with Hutchison 3G (3), a new entrant mobile network
operator, and provides a backstop for Oftel to ensure at least one agreement
is reached. The national roaming condition was agreed voluntarily by 02
and Vodafone.
The individual 3G licences condition of O2 and Vodafone will cease on
the 25 July 2003 and the current national roaming agreement with 3 will
therefore automatically fall away.
Because of the current poor state of 3's 3G network coverage, Oftel therefore
is considering whether or not the conditions requiring a national roaming
condition still exist and whether an agreement should be put in place
or whether it should be allowed to fall away.
There are arguments for allowing the condition to fall away. It would
reduce the regulatory burden on 02 and Vodafone. However, retaining the
requirement to offer national roaming has significant advantages. It offers
a regulatory backstop that helps to ensure sustainable market entry by
the new 3G entrant, to the benefit of consumers. Oftel is of the view
that the continued and sustainable increase in competition in the mobile
market, which was an objective of the auction of spectrum for 3G, continues
to be a valid objective.
The Director-General of Telecommunications's initial view therefore is
that national roaming should continue to be available to Three.
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