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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China Mobile Puts Figures On 3G Rollout
September 25, 2003
China Mobile has for the first time put a figure on the cost of its 3G
network deployment. China’s largest mobile operator estimates that national
3G coverage will cost in the region of US$7.3 billion. However the operator
is keen to point out that its fixed line rivals, China Telecom and China
Netcom, will have to pay double this amount because they have no legacy
second generation cellular infrastructure.
Academics at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications have
estimated that the country’s four 3G licensees will invest a total of
around US$40.4 billion in rolling out next-generation networks. The university
believes that investments in infrastructure and services related to China’s
3G industry will boost the country’s GDP by US$121 billion. Foreign and
domestic mobile equipment manufacturers are currently investing heavily
in their operations in order to secure a slice of this new business.
Although it has been widely reported that the Ministry of Information
and Industry (MII) will issue four 3G licences in the second quarter of
2004 this has yet to be officially confirmed. Even more uncertainty persists
around which of the competing 3G standards - CDMA2000, W-CDMA and TD-SCDMA
- will be backed by the Chinese authorities. It seems increasingly likely
that licences will be awarded for at least two of these technologies.
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3G Motorola A920
