| 3G Press Archive January 2006 |
When
Sony Ericsson launched the W800i earlier this year with the help of
Jay Kay, it made it clear that it would be the first of many Walkman-branded
music handsets. The W550i and 3G-enabled W900i look set to be number’s
two and three in the range. |
Telecom
announced it had completed its promised 3G mobile broadband rollout
to every main town and city in New Zealand by Christmas. |
The
demonstration showcased the powerful potential of wireless operators
to provide uninterrupted communications to subscribers using one device
as they roam among 3G UMTS, WiMAX and WLAN networks accessing services
such as surveillance cameras and multimedia content portals provided
by Versera ICE applications. |
Option
and Nortel have completed the industry’s first successful demonstration
of live HSDPA data card calls reaching a wireless transmission rate
of 3.6Mbps |
Hutchison
3G Austria has selected Nokia to supply its mobile softswitch solution
for optimizing Hutchison 3G Austria's mobile network. |
The
Board of Smart is pleased to announce that it has completed the drawdown
of a financing package totalling €56.7 million, |
The
CDMA Development Group congratulated Telefonica Moviles on its commercial
deployment of 3G CDMA2000(r) 1xEV-DO services across major markets in
Venezuela. |
The
mobile communications market is expanding substantially. |
“We
knew we had invented some very special technology when we completed
the development of ROK Player.” |
ACCESS
Co., Ltd announced that ZTE Corporation has selected its NetFront Mobile
Client Suite for deployment in ZTE’s F866 WCDMA/GPRS handset targeting
international mobile markets. |
Mobile
media company 3 and ZTE Corporation, the fastest growing global provider
of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today launched
the ZTE F866 3G handset in the UK. This is ZTE's first 3G mobile to
go on sale in Europe. |
In
an exclusive deal, O2 has partnered with Rightmove.co.uk to connect
even more home movers with property. The partnership sees Rightmove.co.uk
available on O2s new i-mode handsets giving mobile consumers access
to over 660,000 properties to buy or rent in the UK and overseas. |
MC5720
now available for integration into notebook computers and mobile devices,
offering reliable wireless connection to critical data |
3
Italia, the Italian Mobile Media Company of the Hutchison Whampoa Group,
Italian leader of UMTS with over 4,8 million clients (on September 30,
2005), presents Nokia Navigator, the new videophone that is also a satellite
navigator. |
Vodafone
K.K. announced that it will commence sales of the Vodafone 804SH, a
new 3G handset by Sharp, on 22 December 2005 in the Chugoku and Shikoku
regions, and all other regions on 17 January 2006. |
Partner
Communications announced that it has approximately 100,000 3G subscribers.
Partner's CEO, Amikam Cohen, expressed his satisfaction from the rate
of subscribers joining the 3G network, and stated that Partner offers
the highest quality network and the widest range of services in Israel.
|
Zi
Corporation announced that preliminary results from the first live network
trial of Zi Corporation’s revolutionary Qix™ service discovery
engine indicate significant increased usage levels on the mobile phones
involved – from simple voice calls to SMS, MMS and Internet access. |
O2
and Buongiorno team up to launch Soccer Addicts, the world's first mobile
sports talk show, as an exclusive for O2's 2.5G and 3G customers in
the UK. |
SavaJe
Technologies is pleased to announce that Release 2.5 of SavaJe OS, SavaJe
Technologies' Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) based open operating
system, is now shipping to mobile handset manufacturers. |
espite
recent glowing reports from Taiwan's three licensed next generation
mobile phone operators, the trio has admitted that they are having trouble
growing their 3G subscriber numbers. |
Axalto
announced that Inmarsat has awarded the company an exclusive 3-year
contract for the supply of USIM cards (the SIM card for 3G) to enable
secure access to their Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service.
|
he
global telecommunications industry revenue will reach $1.2 trillion
by the close of 2006, with continued strong growth in wireless communications
leading the way, says a new market analysis report |
NTT
DoCoMo and KT Freetel have agreed on a comprehensive strategic alliance
including equity participation. |
SONOFON
has been awarded the fourth Danish UMTS-license by The Danish National
IT and Telecom Agency at a price of DKK 533 million. |
The UK domestic telecommunications market in terms of market revenue
was valued at GBP 28.27bn in 2003/2004 and its value is expected to
have increased to GBP 29. |
Vodafone
Hungary announced the launch of its 3G services in Hungary. |
3
Italia, the Italian Mobile Media Company of the Hutchison Whampoa Group,
Italian leader of UMTS with over 4,8 million clients (on September 30,
2005), presents Nokia Navigator, |