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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Handset shortage could dampen Hutchison's 3G Christmas sales
October 9, 2003
Goldman Sachs said Hutchison's 3G mobile phone service could be hit by
a shortage of handsets that could affect the Christmas sales and failing
to reach the intended target of 1 million subscribers.
Analysts who visited Huctchison's 3G operations in the UK and Italy said
Christmas sales could be severely weakened unless the firm receives substantial
handsets from manufacturers in the next few weeks.
Around 500,000 to 600,000 handsets of the Motorola A835 is expected late
this month or in early November. NEC handsets such as the e606 account
for 70 to 80 percent of Hutchison's 3G handsets sold, but it is unclear
as when the new NEC's handsets would arrive.
The number of new subscribers to Hutchison's 3G service in Britain has
slowed because of the shortage of handsets while the sales of handsets
halted in Italy, as there were none available.
It was estimated that Hutchison would sign up 650,000 customers in Britain
and 800,000 in Italy.
Goldman Sachs said Vodafone, mmO2 and Orange did not plan to launch their
3G service until mid-2004 because the market is not ready for the new
technology. In additional, they would not compete with Hutchison's tariffs
but rather on the service quality.
An analyst told 3GNewsroom.com "3 must offer more varieties of handsets"
and provide an improve service if it is going to succeed with its new
venture.
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