| 3G
Features November 2004 |
3G
Features November 2004 |
Racal
Instruments Wireless Solutions now has 15 of the 22 test cases outlined
in Release 4 (Rel-4) approved by the GCF and 12 for the PTCRB standards
bodies, continuing its commitment to delivering robust test cases that
help manufacturers shorten handset development lead times. |
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| Andrew
Corporation will install the world’s first third generation (3G)
wireless network of its kind for use in a public transportation system
under a two-year contract to upgrade the Hong Kong mass transit railway’s
underground communications network. |
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Alcatel
announced that SFR, the mobile telephony subsidiary of the SFR Cegetel
Group, has chosen Alcatel's 3G video solution to create real-time video
telephony |
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Nokia
welcomed the announcement by the European Telecommunications Standards
Institute (ETSI) that DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) is
to be adopted as the standard in Europe for mobile TV services. |
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Zone4Play
announced launch of its play-for-real fixed-odds casino applications
on Hutchison 3G, in the UK. The new service is a collaboration of Zone4Play,
DITG (Digital Interactive Television Group) through its wholly owned
subsidiary Avago, and Hutchison 3G, the UK's first video mobile network. |
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| A
new direct conversion modulator from Linear Technology enables the design
of next generation, less costly 3G wireless basestation transmitters. |
Alcatel
has been selected by Telefónica Móviles to deploy and
integrate a video gateway solution into the operator's 3G/UMTS network
in Spain that will enable the operator to launch new video services. |
| In
order to realize fully the socio-economic benefits of 3G/IMT-2000 networks
and services, industry body The UMTS Forum has urged India to align
its mobile spectrum allocations with the internationally harmonised
WARC-92 band plan. |
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| Infineon
Technologies announced the availability of its 3G mobile platform that
supports UMTS, EDGE and GPRS cellular standards. |
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Philips
announced the world’s smallest FM radio solution for mobile devices,
one of three new additions to its portfolio. |
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Dell'Oro
Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking
and telecommunications industries, reported today that sales of mobility
infrastructure equipment were up by $155 million, or two percent in
3Q04, due in large part to strong sales of WCDMA equipment. |
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Open-Plug
and thin multimedia announced a marketing partnership to deliver tmi's
3GPP video and audio codecs for GSM and UMTS handsets |
McAfee,
Inc. announced that NTT DoCoMo, Inc, will provide consumers with McAfee
VirusScan Content Scanning technology, jointly developed with NTT DoCoMo,
as a built-in service on the new FOMA901i series 3G mobile phones. |
This
functionality validates the BREW solution's flexibility and value for
the entire mobile marketplace value chain, including publishers and
developers, handset manufacturers and operators in the emerging WCDMA
market. |
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CEVA,
Inc. and Spreadtrum Communications announced that Spreadtrum has successfully
developed a 3G TD-SCDMA Chinese standard mobile phone chipset powered
by the CEVA-Teak DSP Core and is production sample ready. |
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Analog
Devices announced plans to add SoftFone(R)-W to its broad portfolio
of technologies for 3G mobile handsets. |
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Pushing
the envelope for wireless infrastructure bandwidth, Texas Instruments
Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today introduced the industry's highest-speed
digital signal processor (DSP) optimized for base station manufacturers
deploying 3G networks such as TD- SCDMA for the booming China market. |
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October
16, 2004 will be recognized as a memorable day in African telecom history
because it was the day that the first call was connected via the first
African UMTS commercial network of EMTEL in Mauritius due to Huawei
Technologies from China. |
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QUALCOMM
Incorporated announced completion of test calls using its gpsOne(TM)
assisted-GPS (A-GPS) technology on WCDMA (UMTS)/GSM/GPRS networks to
help advance development of wireless location-based services for WCDMA
markets. |
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Vodafone
Netherlands strengthens its number one position in the next generation
mobile services by launching new UMTS handsets and services on Vodafone live!, Vodafone's successful consumer service. |
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The
new module is designed to support cost-effective GSM / EDGE / UMTS (HSDPA)
compressed mode phone architectures with only one antenna. |
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For
a long time mobile phone viruses have been the subject of hoax e-mails
warning users that if they answered their phone when a certain number
was displayed the phone would be destroyed! |
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| IComm
Technologies Inc. has just been granted a second very critical patent
for its technology on Turbo Codes Decoder implementing concatenated
SISO Log-MAP decoders. |
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Netcom
will offer reliable and affordable Internet access throughout the country
using the Axity3G Broadband wireless solution. |
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SANYO
has been selected to provide 3G-enabled handsets to the Orange Group,
one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies and
the mobile arm of the France Telecom Group. |
WCDMA
Module Combines Industry's Highest Power-Added Efficiency Rating, High-Output
Power in Small Package Using Agilent's E-pHEMT Technology |
NTT
DoCoMo and Cellcom announced they have formed an exclusive strategic
partnership under which Cellcom will launch i-mode in Israel. |
Mobile
telephony and WiMAX vendors may soon find themselves locked in competition
for the same customers, according to new analysis by ABI Research. |
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Nokia and Orange Communications SA have renewed existing agreements for the supply of a complete WCDMA 3G network for the whole of Switzerland. |
Continuing
to lead the development of mobile video, Hantro has tested and proved
a software H.264 player in ‘off-the-shelf’ mobile handsets
enabling a dramatic improvement in the quality of video clips displayed
on a mobile phone. |
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Vodafone
Group announced that it has reached an agreement with Vodacom, South
Africa's leading mobile operator, for Vodacom to market Vodafone's global
services. |
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Nortel
Networks will be the sole provider of Mobistar's 3G radio equipment
moving forward. Nortel Networks previously supplied about one-half of
Mobistar's second generation wireless radio network. |
Hungarian
Telephone and Cable Corp announced that it has submitted a bid to the
Hungarian telecommunications authority for one of Hungary's third-generation
mobile licenses. |
| Ever
since Wi-Fi gate-crashed the wireless access party, ARCchart has maintained
that the wireless LAN standard is a competitive technology to third
generation cellular data, if only because Wi-Fi has now shrunk the market
which 3G will be able to extract revenue from. |
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| For
Sky Link's network expansion in Tver, Lucent provided an end-to-end
solution, including its Flexent® CDMA450 base stations. |
Ericsson
is demonstrating mobile broadband Internet access with video streaming
and large downloads with HSDPA over a live WCDMA system, running traffic
over the air. |

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