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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O2 Germany Sets 3G Start Date
September 13, 2003 - source: BWCS
Germany’s smallest wireless operator, O2, is to switch on its UMTS network
on 17 November, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. A soft launch is scheduled
for the first quarter next year but the service will not be marketed “Big
Style” until Christmas 2004, according to its CEO Rudolf Gröger. Once
the network is up and running, the company is planning a pilot with 1,000
test customers.
In preparation for the arrival of 3G, all mobile operators in Germany
have introduced massive price cuts to stimulate consumer demand for mobile
data applications. As of 15 September, O2 is offering its O2 Active Portal
subscribers a flat rate tariff for mobile internet and email access of
just Euro4.95 a month in a deliberate move to drive down mobile data prices.
Email-only access will be charged at Euro2.95 a month.
O2 said a survey carried out on its behalf found that for 70 percent
of respondents cost was the key factor influencing their use of mobile
data services. A further 70 percent saw email as the most important mobile
data application, followed by internet access with 45 percent.
The operator currently derives just under 20 percent of its revenues
from data services, a share it hopes to increase to 25 percent over the
next year. Its CEO stressed that the price cuts would not undermine the
company’s target to increase its 2002 profit margin of 3 percent to two
figures in the current financial year. “The new tariffs aren’t suicide”,
Gröger said.
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