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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WCDMA is damaging 3G rollout
September 4, 2002
Qualcomm today said the widespread delay in rolling out a 3G wireless
service based on the WCDMA stardard is hurting the future prospects
of the technology.
The rollout has been plagued by delays in Europe with cash-strapped
operators choosing instead to focus on repairing their battered
balance sheets after spending billions of euros on 3G licenses in
2000.
"We are worried the longer the delay, the poorer the performance
of the industry... So, the delay is a significant problem," Qualcomm
CEO Irwin Jacobs told reporters.
Qualcomm owns most of the patents to CDMA, the dominant wireless
technology standard used in the United States and the second-most
commonly used worldwide.
The company promotes CDMA2000, one of the two major formats for
3G services. But it also collects royalties from the usage of rival
WCDMA technology, also known as the UMTS and favored widely by European
carriers as well as Japan's top operator, NTT DoCoMo. "I would see
a very slow transitioning from GSM to WCDMA even assuming that every
GSM operator goes to WCDMA...Because of this slow transitioning,
CDMA2000 is clearly selling many more handsets than WCDMA today,"
said Jacobs.
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3G Motorola A920
