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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FCC opens up spectrum for 3G
October 18, 2003
The US Federal Communications Commission agreed to remove the regulatory
barriers for the deployment of advanced third generation wireless broadband
services in higher frequencies.
John Muleta, chief of the FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, said
the auction of 3G licenses in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands
will be held next year.
The commission also opened up spectrums between 71 and 76 GHz, 81 and
86 GHz and 92 and 95 GHz. It would pave the way for development of "millimeter
wave" high-speed, point-to-point wireless local area networks and broadband
Internet access.
Auctions could still be delayed because reimbursements to the Department
of Defense for relocating defense radio systems onto new frequencies to
accommodate 3G frequencies has still not been settled.
The licenses will be auctioned by geographic area and spectrum size,
which is designed to allow smaller carriers to bid for them. Licenses
would operate for 15 years and carriers have the option of renewing it
for another 10 years.
In a surprising move, the FCC Commissioner Michael Copps criticised its
own department for not placing a limit on the number of 3G licenses a
carrier can own. It could mean one carrier controlling the whole 3G spectrum
in a region.
"Under the rules we adopt today, one company could apparently end up
controlling the entire [3G] band and in a city or a geographic region,
leaving no [3G] spectrum for competitors. That's a result I don't like,"
said Copps.
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