| 3G Press Archive October 2005 |
| Irish 3G Operator 3 in €2 Million Retail Deal |
| In a contract valued at €2m, Irish online retail player Buy4Now has secured a deal to provide Ireland’s newest mobile operator 3 with a direct internet sales channel. |
| GSM's Full Commitment to an Evolutionary Path for 3G that has HSDPA |
| The GSM Association’s Board has reaffirmed its full commitment to an evolutionary path for 3G that has HSDPA* as its natural next step and seeks to ensure further technology advances are seamless and compatible. |
| Toshiba 803 3G Phone for Vodafone UK |
| Toshiba announced the Toshiba 803, Vodafone exclusive mobile phone, its first combined 3G phone and music player. |
| Nokia N70 3G Smartphone Starts Shipping |
| Nokia announced that it has started deliveries of the Nokia N70, a compact, beautifully styled, easy-to-use 3G smartphone. |
| LG 8360 3G Phone Review |
| My first impression of the LG 8360 was that is just the same as the other LGs in the 8000 series - there must be about 6 different models released |
| 3G Networks To Feel The Strain |
| With currently under-utilised 3G networks, some mobile operators are offering streamed TV and video content at highly attractive prices to encourage consumers to adopt and use the services. |
| NTT DoCoMo Develops Mobile Handset for 3G Digital TV |
| NTT DoCoMo announced the development of the 3G FOMA® P901iTV, DoCoMo's first mobile handset to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting signals, in addition to conventional analog signals. |
| First Mobile Film Festival in Asia Pacific |
| Nokia is working hand in hand with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the leading operator in Taiwan to organize the first Mobile Film Festival in Asia Pacific from September 27th to November 9th. |
| KDDI Develops Protype Fuel-Cell for 3G Mobile Phones |
| KDDI, with partners Toshiba Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd., is pleased to announce that prototype mobile phones powered with fuel cells will be exhibited in the KDDI booth at CEATEC JAPAN (Makuhari Messe), to take place from October 4. |
| Mobile Games Available on i-mode wireless |
| O2 has announced it has partnered with RealNetworks to provide the RealArcade Mobile game service through the i-mode service to consumers in the UK. |
| 3G HSDPA Capabilities in Three Scanner Offerings |
| Comarco Wireless Test Solutions announced that HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) test capability is now available with its 3G scanning receiver, which comes in its three major product offerings, Seven.Five, Prizm and OEM Scanners. |
| 3G Virtual Girlfriend for 3 Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong based Artificial Life, a provider of leading edge mobile 3G technology and applications today announced that it has signed an agreement with Hutchison Telecom |
| World’s First Fully Integrated 3G EVDO Wireless Router |
| Top Global announced today the World’s first fully integrated third generation (3G) Evolution Data Optimized (EVDO) wireless router the MobileBridge™ 7000. |
| O2 Unveils i-mode Wireless in the UK |
| O2 announced the UK launch of i-mode(R), the world's most widely-used mobile Internet service with more than 50 million users in 22 countries. |
| 3G Multimedia Application Console |
| Novatel Wireless announced it has begun commercial shipments of its Ovation MCU1200(TM), the first model in the Ovation(TM) Family of 3G Multimedia Application Consoles to offer voice and 3G data capabilities. |
| MMS-to-Email Gateway for UK 3G Operator |
| 3, the UK’s first video mobile network, announced the launch of its enhanced ‘MMS-to-Email’ service. |
| WCDMA 3G Radio Access Network for TDC Mobile |
| Nokia and Danish operator TDC Mobile have signed a frame agreement on the supply of WCDMA 3G radio access network (RAN). |
| 3G Mobile TV Trial Goes Live in UK |
| In a UK first, EastEnders, Coronation Street, CSI and Lost are just some of the TV programmes up to 400 O2 customers, living and working in Oxford, will be able to watch live on an advanced mobile phone from next week. |
| LG Fashion 3G Phone for 3 Hong Kong |
| 3 Hong Kong launches the latest LG Fashion Phone tomorrow, which is set to be a big hit among Hong Kong’s trendsetters. |
| Samsung Electronics Underscores Mobile Technology Leadership |
| Samsung Electronics announced three new technologies targeted at the expanding, multi-facetted mobile application industry. |
| 3G Operator Makes Preliminary Filings for 3 Italia IPO |
| Hutchison Whampoa Limited (“Hutchison”) today announced that an application to Consob* and Borsa Italiana** in connection with the listing on the Italian Stock Exchange of 3 Italia S.p.A. (“3 Italia”) was submitted on 20 September 2005. |
| What Consumers Want From Future Mobile Phones |
| Two-thirds of mobile phone and PDA users rate ‘two-days of battery life during active use’ as the most important feature of an ideal converged device of the future, according to a new study by TNS, a leading global provider of market information. |
| Orange 3G TV Results |
| Orange launched the UK's first mobile TV service in May this year. |
| Nokia Opens 3G Development Center in Taiwan |
| Nokia announced the launch of a number of programs to cultivate Taiwan's mobile services industry as it enters the era of 3G multimedia communication. |
| O2 Mobile TV Trial Goes Live |
| In a UK first, EastEnders, Coronation Street, CSI and Lost are just some of the TV programmes up to 400 O2 customers, living and working in Oxford, will be able to watch live on an advanced mobile phone from next week. |
| 3G UMTS RailLink Offers High-Speed Wireless Broadband in Trains |
| IPWireless announced UMTS RailLinkä, a new network solution that allows operators to offer high-speed broadband connectivity and WiFi access even in the world’s fastest trains. |
| Samsung SGH-Z500 3G Phone Review |
| My first impression of the Samsung SGH-Z500 was that it is the smallest 3G handset I have seen. I have checked the dimensions and yes it is officially the smallest 3G handset released to date in the UK. |
| Joint 3G/VoIP Video Calling Solution for Mass Market |
| The joint BroadSoft(R)/InnoMedia(TM) solution is an integral part of the Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) service that lets users make video calls |
| New 3G Video Solutions for Operators to Market in Weeks Instead of Months |
| NMS Communications announced Netcentrex is using the company's multimedia products to rapidly create and deploy new 3G voice and video solutions to meet the demands of the exploding video services market. |
| Embedded Voice Engine in 3G Voice/Video Phones |
| SPIRIT embedded voice engine is inside HTC Universal, the world's first 3G Video Telephony smartphone based on Windows Mobile 5.0, to deliver superior voice quality in full-duplex voice and video conferencing in T-Mobile, |
| Mobile TV in the Spotlight |
| The role of the mobile phone as a major new distribution channel for broadcast television was a central theme of IBC 2005 in Amsterdam. |
Orange
SA today launches the SPV M5000, a new laptop-style 3G phone and connected
PDA for business users. |
As
the 3G handset range continues to improve and usage charges are further
reduced, 3G will become a more attractive alternative for European consumers
and business users. |
NEC
announced that it has supplied the Mobile Internet Platform for O2 plc
(O2)’s forthcoming i-mode service. O2’s i-mode operations
are scheduled to start this autumn in the UK and Ireland. |
NEC
Corporation today announced that it has launched the world's thinnest
fold-Type mobile phone with mega-pixel camera on the Hong Kong market. |
| Integrated Wi-Fi and 3G Wireless WAN Service |
| Boingo Wireless and Birdstep Technology announced a software licensing and marketing agreement that will make it easier for operators worldwide to offer an integrated Wi-Fi and 3G wireless WAN service. |
| 3G USIM Software Design Simplified |
| SST (Silicon Storage Technology ) introduced a new product line to the successful Emosyn Theseus smart card IC family. |
| Slovenia's First Quad Band 3G UMTS PC Card |
| Novatel Wireless announced a supply agreement to provide its Merlin U630 PC Data Cards to Mobitel, a national mobile telecommunications carrier in Slovenia. |
| Evolution to CDMA2000 Revision A and Beyond is Core |
| At a press conference hosted by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org) during the 3G CDMA Americas Congress this week, leading operators from the Americas and Asia discussed their successes with CDMA2000® |
| Net-Net 9000 Supports Converged Fixed-mobile Architectures being Defined by 3GPP |
| Acme Packet unveiled its next-generation session border control (SBC) platform - the Net-Net(R) 9000. |
| 3 New 3G Handsets for Vodafone KK |
| Vodafone K.K. announced that it will offer 3 new 3G handsets for the 2005 fall and winter season in the run up to Christmas. |
| 24 x 7 TV Channels to 3G Mobile Phones |
| arrowstep™ Inc., the TV on the Internet Company, has today launched the first platform that enables scheduled, 24 x 7 TV channels and video-on-demand services to be distributed to mobile phones and mobile devices. |
| WEDGE Device Sets New Standards in Cost and Power Consumption for 3G Handsets |
| Sequoia Communications released the SEQ-5400, the industry's first single-chip, multi-mode WEDGE (WCDMA, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM) RF transceiver based on Sequoia Communications' FullSpectra(TM) polar architecture. |