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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Chunghwa launches Push to Talk service in Taiwan

October 18, 2004

Chunghwa Telecom has launched Taiwan's first push to talk service, using Nokia's Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) solution, marking a major step in Chunghwa's drive to bring its customers next-generation mobile service. Nokia now has commercial PoC network contracts with 18 GSM operators, and is trialing with well over 30 operators worldwide.

Under the agreement, Nokia is providing a complete PoC solution, including system installation and integration. Nokia's PoC solution is in line with the Industry Consortium Pre-standards specification and can be upgraded to the OMA PoC standards, which are expected to be ratified next year.

"Chunghwa has a close partnership with Nokia in GPRS and 3G," said Shaio-Tung Chang, President, Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom. "With the launch of PoC, our cooperation now extends to mobile services and applications. We are happy to be continuing our work with Nokia to broaden our multimedia service offering."

"Push to talk service is an important milestone in the multimedia arena, and is widely considered to be the lead application using the IP Multimedia Subsystem. We see great promise also in our on-going cooperation with Chunghwa in the area of SIP/IMS technology, and look forward to wider scale pilots of IMS applications in the future," said Simon Beresford-Wylie, Senior Vice President, Networks, Nokia.

IMS is the network architecture platform for advanced IP-multimedia services, such as real time video sharing, content sharing, push to talk, and various interactive applications including gaming. IMS also paves way for the introduction of Voice over IP (VoIP), a key part of the convergence of fixed and mobile domains. It provides the connectivity that enables SIP-capable terminals and devices to establish IP sessions between each other, over any IP connection, such as GPRS, WCDMA 3G, broadband home connections or WLAN hotspots.