3G Features September 2004
Lucent Technologies and Novatel Wireless announced an agreement with O2 to supply the Merlin U530(TM) third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Wireless PC Card
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today the joint development of a prototype micro fuel cell for 3G FOMA® handsets. The prototype, manufactured by Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., is expected to greatly extend FOMA handset usage time
Using Qualcomm's 1xEV-DO technology, the AXW-D800 and AXW-D1900 modems are designed to provide users with a high-speed data connection in the 800 and 1900 MHz bands at peak data rates of up to 2.4 Mbps.
HSDPA is a key feature for UMTS operators. The NetHawk RNC/Iub Simulator supports testing of this high capacity feature.
KDDI and Okinawa Cellular will release the "Friendly Design" A1403 mobile handset (from Kyocera Corp.) as part of their third-generation (CDMA1X) mobile phone lineup at the end of October, 2004.
India To Be Isolated from Global 3G
3 Hong Kong Partners with China's Leading Content Providers
The addition of ART's industry-leading speech recognition solutions into our FronTier 3G reference phone platforms demonstrates our continued commitment to enabling a full-featured but affordable 3G handset
By 2009, Symbian's share of the mobile phone operating system market could stand at less than 50%, and most of the remainder will have been seized by Microsoft.
O2 announced the launch of the UK’s first integrated mobile business solution to incorporate 3G, Wireless LAN (WLAN) and GPRS.
X-TEL Communications delivered integrated EDGE/UMTS drive test solutions to one of the largest European operators offering EDGE and UMTS services.
Algeria Telecom Mobile announced on August 29, 2004 that it has selected Huawei as their sole equipment supplier for 3G trial network.
Philips Electronics announced today that TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones has selected Philips Nexperia™ Cellular System Solution 6120 to deploy highly reliable, cost-effective EDGE-enabled mobile phones for the mid and high-range markets.
Presented by two sexy-hosts Gisella Donadoni and Viviana Vesce, 93° minute will offer the video of the goals, the best actions of the match, the comments of the opinion leaders and the interviews to the Championship protagonists.
UMTSforum.net - the leading, Spanish speaking gateway for UMTS and 3G technology - announces the nationwide launch of the first MobLog (a Weblog that can be updated using mobile devices). UMTSforum.net is based in and managed from Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona.
Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless company, announced today the launch of BroadbandAccess, a high-speed wireless broadband service, in select national markets including South Florida and the Tampa Bay area.
Vodafone today announces its extensive range of 10 new generation 3G handsets planned for the Christmas period, following the launch of the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G datacard and the successful introduction of Vodafone live with 3G.
Vodafone K.K. announces that it will introduce 7 3G handsets in Japan based on common Vodafone Group world-standard specifications (the "Vodafone 902/802/702 series"). Planned for the Christmas period, the portfolio consists of the Vodafone 902SH by Sharp, the 802SE by Sony Ericsson, the 802SH by Sharp, the 802N by NEC, the 702NK (Nokia 6630) and the 702MO and 702sMO by Motorola.
Within three months of signing its contract with Tunisia’s PTT CERT, ZTE has completed the major network construction and installation of its initial equipment and became the first company to show the new system in action.
According to a new IDC study, the number of PC data combo cards in Europe is expected to grow from 1.2 million in 2004 to more than 5.7 million in 2008, with a CAGR of 47.8%. In 1Q04, major mobile operators such as Vodafone and T-Mobile started with a "business only" UMTS/GPRS mobile data card service.
Lucent Technologies and Novatel Wireless announced that the two companies are supplying Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa with Merlin(TM) U530 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) PC Card Modems, jointly developed by Lucent and Novatel Wireless.
On October 12, 2004, Sonera will launch the commercial use of its UMTS network in twenty locations in Finland.
Vodafone is the first to extend its UMTS handset range with the SonyEricsson Z1010, a high-quality UMTS mobile telephone. Following the launch of UMTS for consumers with the Vodafone live! Samsung Z105, this SonyEricsson 'communication all-rounder' is now available at all Vodafone shops.
SONOFON is puzzling about the Competition Agency's decision to allow 3G telephony providers to make 12 month contracts with customers. This should also apply to the other parts of the mobile market. Anything less would seriously distort competition.
Samsung Electronics announced a mobile application processor with speeds of 667MHz. This mobile application processor is expected to enable diverse multimedia content in 3G mobile handheld devices such as smart phones and PDAs.
LG Electronics Ltd. is shipping its new Generex-2000 wideband code-division multiple-access (W-CDMA) media gateway featuring Mindspeed's Comcerto 600 Series VoIP communications processor.
3G Americas published a white paper, prepared by independent wireless consultant Peter Rysavy of Rysavy Research, confirming previously reported commercial network results on EDGE and UMTS data performance.
LG Telecom Co., Korea's No. 3 mobile-phone operator, introduced an auto navigation service today that provides information on nearby traffic, businesses and restaurants to drivers via their handsets.
3 Sweden has a record number of deaf customers - Now also launch sign language webpages. 3G is a revolution and a breakthrough for deaf. Finally deaf have the same possibility as hearing to "speak" live in the mobile.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has developed a new 2megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip using industry first 0.13mm process technology. Samsung's CIS chip provides set designers with enhanced resolution rate and sharper image quality.
“ This product will offer a payback to any person, or organisation, which have experienced the massive costs of making International Roaming calls, using “Roam-Money” calls from , say, USA to Europe will cost just 10p/min instead of £1.30 /min” Calls to other group users are free and calls to UK PSTN numbers are charged at just 1P/Min.
Orange UK has confirmed that it will offer 2 3G Phones at the time of its launch of 3G for phones.
Vodafone Sweden has exclusive rights to show video footage of Premier League goals and round-ups via mobile. The service is available via Vodafone live!
Dilithium Networks, a leading provider of wireless multimedia solutions, announced today that its 3G-324M video telephony and conferencing protocol software, has been selected by Samsung for its next generation Smartphone handsets, further consolidating their leadership in the 3G phone market.
LG Electronics (LGE) announced an aggressive new step in its campaign to win a significant share of Europe's third-generation (3G) UMTS mobile handset market. Drawing on the most advanced technology in the entire 3G arena
Skyworks Solutions introduced the world's first highly integrated RF transmit front-end module (FEM) for EDGE cellular handsets.
Public WLAN has so far made the running with high-speed wireless Internet/intranet services, with 2.5G technology dogged by capacity limitations, inadequate throughputs and high costs.
Fernando Rodrigues, general manager of corporate business at TMN, said: "We are very pleased to further strengthen our relationship with Openwave and Siemens with this groundbreaking deployment.
"As is the case in information technology, the transmission speed in radio technology will also increase exponentially. We expect mobile systems with transmission speeds of more than 100 megabits per second to be the standard in about ten years", said Christoph Caselitz, President of Networks within Siemens mobile.
“As BankON gained popularity, the level of security for cell phones has been an issue. We are proud to introduce our LP3800, as it ensures the protection of the personal information,” said Yoon June Weon, chief marketing officer at LG Telecom.
Arieso identified the cost saving, which could further grow as the network grows, with figures taken from network trials carried out using Arieso’s advanced optimising techniques.
“Mobile High Speed for Mac OS X” automatically configures a Macintosh for UMTS/3G and GPRS connections, eliminating the need to search for modem scripts, APN, DNS or other system settings.
The Federal Communications Commission provided an additional twenty megahertz of spectrum that can be used to offer a variety of broadband and advanced wireless services (AWS), potentially including “third generation” (3G) wireless services.
O2 and ntl's Broadcast division today announced the UK's first usability trial of multi-channel television to mobile phones, beginning in spring 2005.
Inspired by the glamour and elegance of the lavish 1920s, Nokia introduces a new fashion collection of three mobile phones, launched today at the Totally Fashion event in Shanghai.
  Lucent Technologies announced it is conducting a field trial of its CDMA2000(R) solution for the 2.1 GHz spectrum band with SKYLINK in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Aimed at broadening mobile professional's knowledge of 3G testing issues from a technology and business perspective, this opportunity to participate in a free one-day technology seminar
Portelligent Inc. has released a study of third-generation (3G) UMTS handsets which indicates that handset designers have substantially reduced the average complexity and manufacturing costs of UMTS cellular phones over the past year.
Consumers can now create their own personal video greeting on their mobile phones for any of the different people in their life
Lucent introduced a cost-effective, high-capacity base station with a reduced footprint called the Lucent Flexent® CDMA450 Modcell ES ( inset ), its newest CDMA2000 base station for the 450 MHz spectrum band (CDMA450).
Samsung Electronics unveiled the first-ever mobile phone (model: SPH-V5400) with an internal hard disc drive.
Skyworks Solutions announced the availability of the industry's most comprehensive RF subsystems
LG Electronics teams up with Orange to launch the LG U8150. Presenting GSM/GPRS compatible, Tri Band Dual Mode 3G Camera phone with video telephony, MMS, VOD and other innovative features.
E-Plus, KPN's German mobile unit, has developed and applied for a patent for a new system for optimum expansion of its UMTS network called Ultra High Sites (UHS).
The R&S CRTU-W with its interface for official TTCN (tree and tabular combined notation) test cases has already been successfully used for testing UMTS terminals.
Vodafone UK announces the expansion of its successful 3G business service with the launch of a MAC compatible version.
Wireless Healthcare, the Cambridge UK based ehealth consultancy, has suggested that a special interest group is formed to develop and exploit healthcare applications for 3G networks.
The new smart card IC (part number: S3CC9EF) has a broad range of applications that include the User Identity Module (UIM) and Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) for GSM/GPRS and IMT 2000 handsets
Almost 2.8 millions Italians changed their mobile operator since the introduction of the Number Portability.
Smartcom, an innovative wireless operator in Chile and an affiliate of Spain's Grupo Endesa, has deployed CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology from Nortel Networks to boost its wireless network capacity
It enables easy-to-access instant one-to-one and group calling with the added benefit of a real-time availability icon, so customers can see who is available to talk, and who is not. Customers can also create “team lists” that can be used to facilitate instant conference calling with up to 10 participants at any one time.
It can display video on 3.5” colour LCDs and capture 8 Megapixel images, making it ideal for watching TV, making videos or taking studio-quality photos on handheld products such as mobile phones.
"CDMA2000 has been rapidly adopted by the consumer, as witnessed by the technology surpassing the 100 million subscriber milestone in the second quarter of this year," said Perry LaForge executive director of the CDMA Development Group.
"We were first to market in Asia and Europe with our image editing software for mobile phones," says Juliet Kuo, associate vice president of Ulead's Video Product Center.
"Raku Raku Phone" handset, which is the first model in the easy-to-use Raku Raku phone series to be compatible with the 3G network. The handset is scheduled to be released on September 4, 2004.
Valere Power announced the availability of a new family of DC power converters for its Modular Power System that give wireless carriers a flexible and space-efficient solution to the problem of differing voltage needs of legacy cellular equipment and next-generation voice and data gear.
"Speednet was created as an alternative wireless service provider that could offer both residential and business customers value-added applications that can simplify the way they live, work and play, as well as giving them new ways in which to access information and educational resources," said Eduardo Santiago, chief executive officer,
"Leading edge solutions that give our customers access to advanced mobile services, such as the CDMA2000 1X network solution, allow VIVO to offer 3G services to customers throughout Brazil in the areas where this technology is already available," said Javier Rodriguez, VIVO chief technology officer.
With this agreement, 3 extends its range to over 2000 ringtunes and wallpapers on offer to customers and more than 75 new selections going live each week. From the tunes and pix icon, customers can browse or search their favourite ringtunes or wallpapers and each one costs just £2.50 to download.
Transmission rates under the UMTS system reach 384 Kbit/s. thus providing new quality in, among others, Intranet and Internet access as within dedicated networks. Further into the future, it will also enable television picture transmission, videoconferencing as well as two-way voice and video calls.
"Our experience with Nokia has been pleasant," says Harvey Chang, President and CEO, TCC. "Nokia's advanced 3G technology and its knowledge of end-to-end systems is crucial for our future 3G offering. As we work toward the launch of our network, we are happy to have a trusted partner in 3G."
3G Features September 2004
Racal Instruments Wireless Solutions (RIWS), an Aeroflex company, has supplied CGC, the largest test-house in Taiwan, with its 6103 AIME/CT conformance test platform.
3 is enhancing its video jukebox service with a repertoire from Independent artists including Mercury award winners Franz Ferdinand, Stereophonics, the UK's No1 single Eric Prydz and The Libertines.
Racal Instruments Wireless Solutions (RIWS), an Aeroflex company, has announced its enhanced and upgraded 3G base station test system, the 6413A.
3GPP Selects MPEG-4 aacPlus
Nokia has been chosen to expand the 3G WCDMA radio-access network for MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain), with the help of Future Communications Company (FCC), Nokia's value-added reseller for networks in the Middle East.
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Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia Ltd. (HCWML) the marketing service provider for digital CDMA mobile telephone services, is planning to begin offering mobile multimedia service to customers using a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO solution provided by Motorola
The first call on Vodafone's 3G network marks another historic milestone for New Zealand mobile users. This will also be the first video telephony call made on a New Zealand mobile network.
TIM launches its latest advertising campaign for "TIM TURBO", TIM's innovative third-generation offering, in a format adopted specially for this campaign.
With the expansion of our CDMA2000 1X network, Iusacell will increase its offerings of advanced mobile data services," said Gustavo Guzman, CEO, Iusacell.
"More than 80% of EU citizens now have a mobile phone and GSM has generated profound social and economic benefits. 3G will build on these benefits,” said Kaisu Karvala, GSM Europe Chair.
"The upgrade has now reached a stage where we feel that we can give our customers a sample of what the coming 3G services have to offer.
Nortel Networks has unveiled a new high-capacity, high-density GSM/UMTS wireless base station that will enable wireless operators to lower operational costs and offer advanced third generation (3G) services to businesses and consumers.
The new patent license agreement updates and expands a prior Second Generation patent license agreement between Toshiba and InterDigital Technology Corporation covering products compliant with TDMA-based standards, and now includes all Third Generation standards.
Nextreaming Corporation, a leader in mobile multimedia solutions for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and content providers, announced today that Bouygues Telecom has selected Nextreaming as its preferred encoder for its i-mode partners.
Sony Ericsson unveils the new V800 – a megapixel camera phone for Vodafone’s 3G consumer services - Video telephony, enhanced imaging and superior entertainment in a sleek compact design.
Nokia today announced that Vodafone Group has selected the Nokia 6630 phone as the latest addition to its 3G WCDMA phone portfolio.
NEC has received an order for its Multimedia Content Adaptation Solution from Telefónica Móviles España, S.A., Spain's largest mobile operator with 18.6 million subscribers.
The ONDA N775, manufactured by Sierra Wireless, is a third-generation (3G) quad-band wireless wide area network card operating on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz frequencies, which allows for worldwide roaming on GSM, GPRS, and EDGE networks.
The Starmap Mobile Alliance announces the immediate accession of Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o. Including Eurotel Praha, the alliance now consists of 11 leading independent operators
Alcatel recently announced today that it has signed a major contract with General Post and Telecommunication Company (GPTC) for the supply of a complete solution including GSM/EDGE and 3G/UMTS infrastructure and services in Libya.
OPTION, the wireless technology company, and T-Mobile, announced that it has selected Option’s GlobeTrotter FUSION™ broadband wireless data card to give the mobile professional easy and seamless access to T-Mobile’s UMTS/GPRS and Wi-Fi networks.
Sharp Corporation has developed a new 2-megapixel CCD camera module featuring a 2X optical inner zoom lens. Intended for use in high-end camera-equipped mobile phones, the new LZ0P3738 will be available in quantity beginning in October 2004.
The mobile content and delivery solution offered by elata and Vignette will provide a fully unified platform for managing the flexible requirements of a complete mobile content portfolio and will help operators to build and grow the revenue opportunities offered by 3G.
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) the largest telecommunications operator in Taiwan, has purchased the Dilithium Networks Analyzer (DNA) the industry-leading 3G protocol analysis and test tool.
Vodafone is the first operator in the Netherlands to offer UMTS coverage to more than half of the Dutch population.
New additions to the Wireless 2.0 code library extend the Wintegra Wireless Platform for 3rd Generation Base Station (NodeB), Radio Network Controller (RNC) and Media Gateway (MG) interface designs.
Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa is the first Polish mobile operator to have started market tests in Warsaw with corporate and private customers of high-speed data transmission on the UMTS/3G technology platform. The development is a major breakthrough on the Polish telecommunications market.
Chris Pearson, 3G Americas' President, commented, "Expanding our working relationship with CITEL is important to 3G Americas' efforts to facilitate the seamless deployment of GSM wireless technologies throughout the region for the benefit of all citizens in the Western Hemisphere."
Wi-Fi connectivity in the cellular handset will be key to seamless handoffs between wide and local area networks.
Adding a new dimension to camera phones, the SF65 integrates a 1.3 mega pixel digital camera, LED flash, 4x zoom, swivel action screen and 65,000 color display
The partnership between 3 and the UK rail industry Kizoom National Rail Enquiries is the latest in a series of offerings where consumer content is prepared and managed externally and offered to customers on the 3 video mobile network.
Alice Systems has worked with Orange UK to develop the software for the Orange 3G Mobile Office Card . The 3G Mobile Office Card will make it easy for Orange UK subscribers to access data services such as the Internet, company intranets and e-mail across the 3G and GPRS mobile networks provided by Orange.
The mobile phone – once just seen as a convenient device for talking on the move – is likely to take the place of a whole range of other devices within the next two years, according to a survey of telecommunications experts gathered in Korea.
Cellular Music Decks (CMDs) are the next 3G opportunity beyond still and video imaging, while total music-enabled device sales will scale to 54 percent of global handset sales in 2009, according to Strategy Analytics' newly released report, "Music Enabled Handsets- Next 3G Device Focus."
Nokia and NEC Corporation have successfully completed the first phase interoperability testing between the two companies' IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). The testing program verified the functionality of major IMS features over an IP network connecting Europe and Japan.
“Comarco’s widely acclaimed Seven.Five System for testing, optimizing and benchmarking cellular infrastructure has received an important upgrade, with the addition of the Prizm Scanning Receiver,” notes Greg Maton, senior vice president of Comarco.
The 3 new price plans, called VideoTalk and Text 200, VideoTalk and Text 600 and VideoTalk and Text 900 extend 3's existing great value any network anytime voice minutes packages, by including any network any time text messages. All three plans are available with 3's range of video mobiles, including the new LG U8120 and the NEC e228.
Strategy Analytics' Wireless Internet Applications Service today released, "GPRS Prices Fall by 40% as '3' Leads Drive Towards Value-Based Charging," a report which builds on last year's groundbreaking data pricing study.
"The AWT6136 expands our broad CDMA product portfolio to cover the emerging 450 MHz CDMA 1X / 1xEV-DO markets in Europe and the greater Asia-Pacific regions," said Dr. Ali Khatibzadeh, Vice President of Wireless Products at ANADIGICS, Inc.
"CO110PC provides more versatility and adaptability than any other TCP/IP-enabling solution for cellular applications," said Alan Singer, Connect One's vice president of sales and marketing.
The majority of the radio network supplied by Nokia will be EDGE-capable, and Nokia will also provide WCDMA 3G capable base stations.
Anritsu Company President Frank Tiernan announces the company's latest innovative test solution for CDMA with the introduction of the Cell Master MT8212B.
picoChip announced the availability of complete software implementations for HSDPA picocells and 802.16 (WiMAX) basestations, the PC8218 and PC8520 respectively
Anystream announced that Hutchison 3G Austria, Austria's first 3G mobile network operator under the brand 3, uses Anystream Agility software as its automated video content encoding and delivery solution for its premier video service offerings.
X-TEL now supports more than 35 test mobiles and scanners across AMPS, TDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, UMTS/WCDMA, CDMA and iDEN technologies.
Junxion and Novatel Wireless announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the market introduction of Junxion’s newly released mobile connection gateway solution called the Junxion Box™.
picoChip announced the opening of an office in Shenzhen, China. With the new office, picoChip intends to offer more localised support, develop new business and strengthen the company's existing relationships in the region.
T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. (T-Mobile CR) has commissioned the mobile communication group at Siemens to equip the network of the fastest growing mobile phone operator in the Czech Republic with EDGE technology
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported today that CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is leading in the deployment of 3G broadband networks worldwide
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor memory technology, announced today that it has developed a 2.5Gigabit (Gb) four-die multi-chip package
The new line-up of products, including DMB phones and a range of mega-pixel camera phones, will consolidate the company's reputation as the world's innovation leader in handset design
SUNDAY Communications and Huawei Technologies Co, announced Heads of Agreement for the supply of 3G Billing solution.
Lucent Technologies announced an additional investment of $70 million (US) for its 3G Mobility Research and Development Center in Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu province.
Dilithium Networks announced that the largest mobile telecommunications operator in the world, China Mobile, has purchased the Dilithium Networks Analyzer (DNA)
Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology provides access to GSM and GPRS mobile services over unlicensed spectrum technologies, including Bluetooth and 802.11.
Worldwide mobile phone sales surpassed 156.4 million units in the second quarter of 2004, a 35 percent increase from the second quarter of 2003, according to Gartner, Inc.
People working in the transportation industry can simply use their video mobile phones to view the latest traffic conditions in areas around the terminals, giving them greater flexibility in managing their time and helping them to deliver containers to the terminals without delay.
Wireless industry leaders Samsung and Verizon Wireless announced the availability of the Samsung SCH-a790 Global Phone.
"Our ROF solution requires the highest performing serial communication interfaces, high integration, and the flexibility to adapt to changing design requirements," said Pierluigi Franco, vice president of Photonics Products Management of Pirelli Telecom Systems.
The capabilities of the NetHawk Analyser have been further enhanced by including support for the SS7 and SigTran protocols, as well as for 2-Mbps HSL (high-speed signalling link) interfaces.
PCTEL's Roaming Client allows users to establish EDGE or UMTS data sessions through compatible cellular phones or PC card modems. When using a mobile phone, the user has the option of transmitting data through the phone over Bluetooth, Infrared, or USB cable connections.
“We’re proud to announce the launch of the CMA 3000 and that we have secured our first order. This gives us a strong foundation for further expanding our market position within field testers for mobile and fixed networks”, says Jacob Krogsgaard, vice president of the Networks business unit at NetTest.
"The march to 3G services in North America continues with AT&T Wireless' announcement today of two more UMTS launches," said Angel Ruiz, Ericsson's North American president and chief executive officer. "Ericsson is proud to work with AT&T Wireless to deliver richer consumer offerings and higher network capacity."
Sharp announced the development of a LCD controller using the high-speed serial interface MDDI , the LCD LR38869 for CDMA2000 and WCDMA (UMTS) 3G cellular phones.
RF Micro Devices, Inc. announced the highly integrated SiW4000(TM) system-on-chip (SoC) Bluetooth(R) solution with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) for up to three times faster throughput than current Bluetooth 1.2 devices. With its small size, low power consumption and low bill of materials (BOM) cost, the SiW4000 is specifically designed for mobile phone applications.
ACCESS worked closely with NTT DoCoMo to jointly develop the NetFront browser solution for the FOMA 900i series, and the solution has since been bundled in all FOMA 900i series handsets, including the 900iT, 900iV, and 900iS.
Samsung Electronics opened the Samsung 4G Forum 2004 at the Shilla Hotel on Korea's Jeju Island on August 23. This two-day conference serves as a venue for discussion of 4th -generation mobile communications standards and is being attended by over 120 key mobile communications representatives from 18 countries.
Pantech & Curitel is supplying high featured camera phones (model :CDM-8910) to Verizon in the U.S. The news exporting model has a built-in 330K pixel digital camera with embedded flash. 4x digital zoom is supported and photoshop function which users can edit the photos directly, GPS, voice dialing and voice memo are provided as well.
The E398 is one of the latest “must have” mobile handsets that allows T-Mobile customers to easily get hold of new and exclusive wireless content from the company’s mobile multimedia services t-zones via the t-zones hotkey.
“As base station technology becomes more efficient, the worldwide need for new base stations decreases. In addition, many modern base stations simply don’t need to be replaced. They have operated, and will continue to operate for many years. Rather, much of the new base station demand is related to the need for greater capacity to handle an ever-increasing amount of subscribers, in addition to added capacity to handle the growing demand for cellular data services.”