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The last few months press releases are listed here, all others archived at 3G Search.
3G Home 33G Press February 3G Press March 3G Press April 3G Press May
| HLR Key Enabler for Seamless, 3G Mobile |
| Nortel Networks has been selected as the primary provider of Home Location Register (HLR) infrastructure to support Cingular Wireless' migration to next generation GSM, GPRS and EDGE technologies. |
| 3G Network for Mobile Voice and Broadband Data |
| IPWireless has successfully completed the world's first interoperability (IOT) and co-existence testing between UMTS TDD (TD-CDMA) and UMTS FDD (WCDMA) |
| Test Solution That Can Speed the Deployment of 3G |
| Spirent Communications announced that it will offer the first test solution for benchmarking and validating emerging 2.5G and 3G GGSN data-over-wireless equipment and services. |
| Industry's First Comprehensive 3G Drive-Test System |
| Seven.Five for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System) provides the world's first drive-test tool that combines an integrated tri-band RF scanning receiver with complete voice, data and video Quality of Service (QoS) tests. |
| Cellular Operators Embrace Wi-Fi |
| Best positioned to leverage their existing customer base, cellular operators are embracing Wi-Fi technology and are poised to grab market share away from independent hotspot service providers |
| CDMA 'Data-Only' Grabs Lead in 3G Wireless Race |
| The latest CDMA technology demonstrates 3G wireless is here, enables operators to launch money-making multimedia services, and meets end users' expectations. |
| J-PHONE Movie Sha-mail Users Top 2 Million |
| -PHONE announced that as of June 24, the number of subscribers to its video messaging service known as Movie Sha-mail passed the 2 million mark. |
| GSM Coverage Envelops the Americas |
| G Americas reports GSM's significant progress in the Americas with coverage expanding in nearly every country in the region and at a growth rate of more than 60% from March 2002 to March 2003. |
| 3G Test Case Choice with ETSI Option |
| Through the use of its newly launched ETSI TTCN adaptor, customers will gain the ability to use 3GPP's ETSI originated test cases as part of their test process. |
| Hutchison and NTT 3G Agreement |
| It is significant that NTT DoCoMo and Hutchison 3G, the world's leading operators of W-CDMA-based 3G services, kick off their collaborative efforts for the further development of 3G |
| i-mode Comes To Italy |
| NTT DoCoMo and Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A., Italy's number one provider of integrated telecommunications services combining fixed-line, mobile and Internet services, today announced that they have started a strategic i-mode™ partnership in the Italian market. |
| Lucent Lands 3G Contract |
| The implementation will enable E-Plus to use their existing transport infrastructure to efficiently manage the large increases in network traffic as customers subscribe to new 3G UMTS services. |
| Orange 3G 2004 |
| Orange, the mobile phone group controlled by France Telecom, said Tuesday it was on track to launch high-speed, third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in Britain in mid-2004. |
| Sony Ericsson Increases Focus On GSM/UMTS/EDGE |
| Sony Ericsson's application focused business strategy has started to drive market share growth in both the Japanese and GSM markets. Sony Ericsson's recent GSM-products have made a strong impact on the market |
| Multimedia Solutions for 2.5G and 3G Devices |
| HCL Technologies announced it will provide multimedia solutions and services for 2.5G and 3G wireless handheld manufacturers that use Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAPTM platform. |
| New 3G Multimedia Gateway Kit |
| Dilithium Networks, a leading provider of wireless multimedia solutions, announced the introduction of the DTG 2000TM wireless multimedia gateway. The carrier-class, high-density gateway enables mobile operators to offer a new class of revenue-generating services |
| 3G Based MMS Solution Launched |
| Huawei Technologies announced that the company has made a successful demonstration of 3G MMS (Multimedia Messaging Services) on its trial network of WCDMA in April in Shanghai. |
| Slowdown in Japanese Wireless Handset Market |
| Japan's cellular and PHS handset sales for 2002 reached 39.3 million and 1.24 million units, respectively, for a total market of 40.54 million units. |
| COSMOTE To Invest EUR 35M in 3G Network |
| The total approved 3G capital expenditure until the end of 2004 amounts to approximately EUR 35 million, part of which includes technology infrastructure to be provided by Ericsson. |
| Mobile Operators To Benefit From WiMax |
| As mobile data becomes more of a basic consumer and business user want through the years, services can be augmented by an emerging complementary standard to WiFi. |
| Mobile Viral Takes Off |
| The world's first ‘viral’ voice conferencing system – where participants can join, leave, re-join or involve friends and colleagues in conferences at will |
| O2 Takes Java Apps |
| Pinpoint Networks announced the market launch of J2ME application delivery services on their Fuel platform with mobile operator, O2. |
| New Game Mobile Phone |
| ATELAB Research Group unveils the first details about Chameleon - a new mobile phone for players. The device operates in two positions; vertical as a mobile phone and horizontal as a game console. |
| 3G Dynamic Charging Platform Launched |
| This applies to all network types including GSM/GPRS, CDMA, 1xRTT, UMTS and WLAN, covers all services types including voice, data and premium content, and all payment options including pre-paid, post-paid and converged payment approaches. |
| Digital Rooster Line Up 3G |
| DigitalRooster negotiations in relation to providing access to its rich library of content and live multimedia services to a large North American wireless provider |
| Verizon Takes LG Mobile |
| LG Mobile Phones' VX3100 handset for Verizon Wireless matches the ultimate in sleek design and technical innovation with Verizon Wireless' superior service |
| 3G First Pass |
| NTT DoCoMo, announced that they will introduce the FirstPass™ SSL client authentication service via the 3G network in conjunction with the launch of new F2102V and N2102V FOMA handsets. |
| Anritsu Delivers On 3G Test Promise |
| Anritsu confirms its leading position in 3G conformance testing with a total of 20 RF test cases. This comes as the company obtains approval for a further 10 RF test cases at the GCF (Global Certification Forum) meeting held in Dusseldorf |
| Hutchison 3G Summer Promotion |
| The future is Mobile Multi Media, and 3 eases the entry into this new world: with video packages at a more affordable price |
| Public WLAN Hotspots Will Be The Next Dot-Com Crash |
| A new brief by Forrester Research forecasts that there will be 286 million Bluetooth-enabled phones, laptops, and PDAs in Europe in 2008 compared with 53 million WLAN devices -- mostly laptops. |
| Chinese Mobile Agreement For Teleca |
| Teleca and Legend, the leading supplier of consumer electronics in China, have signed an agreement covering licence of Teleca's Obigo mobile suite. Initially, Legend will use Teleca's Browser solution in its G820 phone. |
| Mobile Video Streaming In Singapore |
| The new services are the first to be launched in Singapore and allow GPRS customers to view content rich streaming video and listen to audio clips on their handsets. |
| Positive Results for CDMA2000 |
| The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported that operators who have deployed CDMA2000 in North America are seeing positive results in network performance, service differentiation and product availability. |
| Base Station 3G Co-operation |
| Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nortel Networks and Siemens today announced the creation of a new industry cooperation, CPRI - Common Public Radio Interface, aiming to define a publicly available specification for the key internal interface of radio base stations. |
| Next Big Issue for European Mobile Operators |
| The rising popularity of mobile phones is likely to force the next big issue for European mobile operators: the economics of adding capacity to ease traffic and congestion. |
| Lucent CDMA2000 Contract |
| The multi-million dollar framework agreement will increase SFERIA's ability to offer enhanced voice and data services more efficiently and cost-effectively to a wider range of business and residential customers over its code division multiple access (CDMA) network. |
| Handspring's New Smartphone |
The
Treo 600, will combine a world-class phone, a Palm OS 5-based organizer
with messaging, email, and web browsing features. The first Treo 600
products are expected this fall worldwide. |
| Highest Performance EDGE Cellular Technology |
| Broadcom Corp announced it is sampling a complete cellular handset platform that enables leading handset manufacturers to develop next-generation mobile multimedia solutions based on the EDGE |
| New i-mode Handset |
| NTT DoCoMo announced that on June 20, 2003 they will begin marketing the mova SH505i, a camera phone equipped with a 1-megapixel (effective resolution) CCD camera. |
| 3G Mobile For HTC |
| High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) has selected Ericsson Mobile Platforms to supply 3G mobile platform system solutions |
| Hutchison 3G Takes 3GPP Encoder |
| Hutchison 3G Austria, the first purely mobile multimedia provider in Austria, provides its video solution based on Nextreaming’s industry standard software applications. |
| 3G Americas Director for Latin America and Caribbean |
| The wireless association 3G Americas announced the appointment of Erasmo Rojas as the Director of Latin America |
| Increased Orders For 3G Products In Europe |
| Unity Wireless Corporation announced that its has experienced an increase in shipments of its Cougar model power amplifier designed for use in third generation, or 3G, high speed wireless networks |
| The Marriage of 3G and Wi-Fi |
| There is a powerful trend toward seamless mobility in the wireless industry, where mobile professionals today and eventually all consumers in the future will want to communicate and be able to do their daily business anytime, anywhere. |
| 3G Handset IC Turning Point |
| Making waves in the industry, cell phone giant Nokia announced last week that is has started commercial shipments of its dual-mode WCDMA/GSM handset. As 3G networks based upon WCDMA technology continue their slow but inevitable deployment globally, |
| Telecom Italia 3G LOA |
| Ericsson announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Telecom Italia Group further extending the commercial relationship regarding the supply of mobile communication solutions. |
| New 3G Amplifier Supply For Ericsson |
| Powerwave Technologies announced that is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and liabilities of Ericsson Amplifier Technologies Inc., formerly MPD Technologies Inc. |
| Camera Phone Picture Stations |
| Kodak announced The Carphone Warehouse has agreed to purchase 50 Kodak Order Stations for stores across the UK, France and Spain – the first deal of its type anywhere in Europe using this ground-breaking technology. |
| New SmartPhone Released |
| The Mio 8380, MiTAC's first WindowsR Powered Smartphone developed and designed by MiTAC International Corp , was introduced to the public in Taiwan at a product launch held in June. |
| New Nokia Camera Phone |
| The new camera phone features advanced enterprise functionality plus a large color screen, digital zoom and video recorder |
| 2 New 3G Phones |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. unveiled the specifications of its third-generation (3G) F2102V and N2102V clamshell-type videophone handsets and F2402, the FOMA lineup's first PC card-type terminal equipped for PC-based videophone. |
| Air Protocol Analyser for UMTS/ W-CDMA |
| The new ABiT AP-4000, available exclusively from Yokogawa, is an air protocol analyser for testing the latest third-generation UMTS (W-CDMA) mobile communications systems. |
| Samsung Dominates Indonesian CDMA |
| Samsung Electronics has been stepping up exports of CDMA systems to Indonesia, concluding supply contracts with two Indonesian companies last year and a third operator this year. |
| 3G MMS Breakout |
| Photo messaging has found strong awareness among global mobile phone users and appears to be the first breakout capability of next generation multi-media messaging services (MMS). |
| MVNO Mobile Agreement In Finland |
| Tele2 AB, the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has signed an MVNO agreement with Radiolinja Origo, the number two GSM operator in Finland, with a market share of 30%. |
| Nokia Ships 3GPP Compliant GSM/ WCDMA Mobiles |
| The Nokia 6650 phone is expected to become available in Europe, Asia and Japan as mobile operators roll out their 3G services. |
| NTT DoCoMo to Expand FOMA 3G Service Areas |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that service area for its third-generation (3G) mobile phone will be expanded to an additional 43 towns and villages in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region |
| Mobile Phone with Color TV Function |
| Samsung Electronics has introduced the TV Phone (model: SCH-X820) in Korea that accesses color TV in real time over VHF/UHF channels (local stations KBS, MBC, SBS and EBS). |
| Bar Code Scanner for Mobiles |
| This solution combines the accuracy and reliability in laser-based bar code scanning with the extensive voice, data and application capabilities of Nextel’s Java™ technology-enabled phones from Motorola. |
| Hutchison 3G Respond To Negative Rating |
| Standard & Poor's (S&P) ratings action reflects their negative outlook on the prospects of Hutchison Whampoa Limited's ("HWL") 3G businesses. |
| Agilent Takes Chip For 3G Test Equipment |
| Xilinx announced that Agilent Technologies, a global technology leader in communications, utilized Xilinx devices in the development of its latest wireless manufacturing test solution. |
| AppEngine and 3G LAB’s Mobile Interface |
| This enables operators to easily build rich communications applications that combine presence, messaging and voice and deliver them via over-the-air downloads to a subscriber’s mobile phone. |
| Nokia CEO's Wireless Outlook |
| In WCDMA, Nokia has already gained more than 30% of the market and currently leads the industry in WCDMA deployment, with over 20,000 base stations shipped globally. Nokia believes it is well on track to achieving its targeted 35% market share in WCDMA networks. |
| Sony Ericsson Java Photostore |
| With the launch of a Personal Java version of Photostore for the popular Sony Ericsson P800, owners of this device can join the community of existing users in over 32 countries who are already enjoying the fun and benefits of Photostore. |
| KPN Serve Notice On Hutchison 3G |
| KPN Mobile N.V. announced it considers Hutchison Whampoa Limited to be in material breach of the shareholders agreement (due to its continued support of an invalid funding call ), issued by Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited. |
| 3G Network Contract |
| Alcatel announced the signature of a contract with Wave Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jersey Telecom Group Ltd, to supply a GSM/GPRS and 3G/UMTS mobile network in the island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. |
| Karaoke Goes Mobile |
| The patented mobile java applications known as air.karaoke include a back catalogue of 8,339 songs and function on the latest multimedia handsets from Nokia and other handset manufacturers including Motorola, Siemens, Samsung and Sharp. |
| Spectrum for future UMTS / IMT-2000 Requirements |
| The UMTS Forum believe that for terrestrial IMT-2000 it is vital that the band 2500-2690 MHz, which was identified by WRC-2000 for IMT-2000 on a global basis, needs to be unconstrained by interference from Broadcasting Satellite systems (BSS) in the relevant parts of the band. |
| Micro Power Amplifier for 3G Phones |
| Wireless infrastructure vendors face multiple challenges -- from intense cost pressures to rapidly evolving standards to significant R&D risks -- in their quest to deliver base station platforms for next-generation wireless networks. |
| New 3G Pricing In UK |
| 3, the UK’s first video mobile company, announced two new pricing options that will be available from Monday June 9th. These options are designed to broaden the appeal of 3, by extending the portfolio of price plans already available from the company. |
| Tesco To Offer 3G ? |
| Tesco and O2 announced the creation of a new 50:50 joint venture, Tesco Mobile. The new company will sell exclusively Tesco branded mobile services in Tesco stores across the UK, using O2's technology and network, and is expected to grow towards two million customers. |
| New Display for Megapixel Camera Phones |
| Seiko Epson has developed the S1D13715 a display control LSI for cellular phones equipped with cameras. One of Epson's series of "Mobile Graphics Engines," this is the ideal display control LSI for cellular phones and PDAs with built-in megapixel cameras. |
| 3G Patent Deal For Sharp |
| The royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Sharp Corporation of Japan (Sharp) covering sales of terminal devices compliant with TDMA-based PDC and PHS standards. |
| 3G Billboard Hides New Shop |
| Walking past China Building in Central one day, I came across a very special construction board outside a shop under refurbishment. When I took a closer look, I found that it is Hutchison Whampoa's 3 flagship store in Hong Kong. |
| 3G W-LAN Technology Boosts Performance |
| Atheros Communications introduced seven new chipsets that cover the gamut of WLAN applications. These chipsets support multiple WLAN standards with optimizations for different market segments and price points. |
| Palm Announces Acquisition of Handspring |
| Palm and Handspring announced that they each have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for Palm to acquire Handspring to form a new, stronger market leader in mobile computing and communications. The Palm board also gave final approval for the spin-off of PalmSource, Inc. |
| Little Mention Of 3G at 3 |
| After all the hype around 3G and "3" and all the services that will be available at high speed over the network - what is the main selling point for a new "3" mobile phone? Unbelievably it is the price of the voice traffic! |
| Apple Support 3GPP |
| Apple announced QuickTime® 6.3, the industry's first mainstream solution to support the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard and to deliver a foundation for the creation, delivery and playback of rich multimedia content over wireless networks. |
| RFI Invests In 3G |
| Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd (RFI) has become a shareholder in RFI Japan as part of its commitment to the development of Bluetooth and 3G products and services in Asia. |
| O2 Place 3G Contract |
| Lucent Technologies announced that it has been selected by O2 to provide packet infrastructure, software and services, to enable the operator to deploy and manage a voice and data transport network to support its 3G UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system) network roll out. The three-year framework agreement has a potential value in excess of $45 million. |
| Taiwanese 3G Operator Places Contract |
| Intec Telecom Systems has signed a second deal with Taiwan-based 3G operator Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications (APBW) to supply its world leading settlement solution InterconnecT(tm). |
| 2 New Sha-mail Wireless Phones |
| J-PHONE it will offer two new Sha-mail picture messaging handsets, the J-D08 by Mitsubishi Electric and the J-T010 by Toshiba, for sale after early July. |
| 3G Prospects Look GRIM |
| With the exception of Short Messaging Services (SMS), wireless data in Europe, as in the Americas, has arrived with a whimper rather than a bang, reports In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market research firm finds that, the prospects for 3G services, which are being launched during a seemingly unending telecom slump, look grim |
| Thumbs Up For 3G |
| Forty two per cent of European mobile phone users are interested in 3G services, according to the TNS Telecoms 3G 2003 report, carried out in 10 countries. But the good news for telecoms operators and manufacturers is that the majority of those users interested in 3G were prepared to pay extra for 3G handsets and services. |
| New Mova Camera Phone |
| NTT DoCoMo announced they will begin marketing the mova SO505i, the world's first camera phone equipped with a 1.3-megapixel (effective resolution) CCD camera. |
| GSM in Latin America And the Caribbean |
| The implications of GSM's rapid growth in the Latin American and Caribbean mobile sector are the subject of a just-released study by 3G Americas entitled GSM's Rise to Preeminence in the Latin American and Caribbean Mobile Marketplace, which demonstrates the reasons why GSM is the best technological choice for the future growth of mobile operators. |
| Web Pages On NEC Mobile Phones |
| NEC announced its new technology, Semantic Zoom function, which enables the user to comfortably view Web pages using a wide variety of Internet-ready terminals including TVs, PDAs and mobile phones. |
| Handover Between 3G WCDMA and GPRS |
| Huawei Technologies, announced that the company's success of service handover between WCDMA system and GPRS system completed in its Shanghai 3G trial network. |
| 3G Hits 50 Cities |
| 3 UK announced that from 2 June its video mobile network will be available in over fifty cities in the UK. The go live of the video mobile network in the North follows a period of intense network integration and optimisation, which started from Birmingham and has rolled northwards. |
| Ultra Wideband To Capture Wireless Video Market |
| Ultra Wideband (UWB), a wireless technology based on modulated pulses of energy, stands to capture technology market share over the next several years in a variety of applications, especially the distribution of wireless video, audio and data, in home and consumer networking devices. |
| Football Comes To Vodafone LIVE and 3G |
| Vodafone Italia has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to show pictures of the games of 31 Italian Serie A, Serie B and Serie C football teams. The agreement will run for a period of 8 years until the 2009-2010 season and covers all wireless access technologies, UMTS included. |
| Software for UMTS / W-CDMA High-Speed Solution |
| Lucent Technologies introduced the latest software release for its end-to-end high-speed data solution for third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks, also known as Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA). |
| First EDGE Order in Asia |
| The Malaysian mobile operator DiGi Telecommunications, a subsidiary of the Norwegian telecoms company Telenor, has commissioned Siemens to equip its network with GSM, GPRS, and EDGE technology. |
| 3G Ready For Take-Off |
| apan Airlines (JAL) and NTT DoCoMo jointly announced that they will test applications operating on third-generation (3G) and wireless LAN networks for JAL ground staff use at Narita Airport |
| 4G Trial Centre |
| NTT DoCoMo announced plans for a field trial of a fourth-generation (4G) mobile communications system in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a DoCoMo R&D center is located. |
| Windows Smartphone For Sweden |
| TeliaSonera is the first operator in Sweden to launch mobile business services based on Microsoft Windows® Powered Smartphone. With the subscriptions Telia Work or Telia Executive, business customers will now have access to their e-mail, calendar, address book and Internet through their mobile phone. |
| Vodafone Stick With 3G Investment |
| Europe :MOBILE phone giant Vodafone was yesterday thought likely to stick by the price of third generation phone licences bought at the height of the telecoms boom. |
| 3G Management Solution for 3 |
| InfoVista announced that 3, the commercial brand of H3G and subsidiary of Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa Group, has selected InfoVista's solutions to manage its network. |
| New 3G Handset |
| NTT DoCoMo announced the FOMA N2701, the first dual-network handset that works both with DoCoMo's 2G and 3G networks. The N2701 goes on sale nationwide on June 11, 2003. |
| New 3G Service |
| NTT DoCoMo announced a new 2G / 3G service, called "i-mode My Box," for easy linkage to customized web pages via "iMenu," the official i-mode portal. The service will be launched on a trial basis. |
| J-Phone Becomes Vodafone |
| J-PHONE Co., Ltd. announced that it will change its brand name from J-PHONE to Vodafone and adopt the same corporate logo and design used by Vodafone operators throughout the world. |
| New 3G CDMA 3D Chip |
| The 7xxx series addresses the growing consumer demand for higher-performance wireless devices delivering high-quality audio-visual and 2D/3D gaming, as well as the emerging wireless enterprise data market |
| Camera Phone Is World First |
| Casio in Japan announces the new Casio A5401CA, the first phone to be equipped with a 1,24 Mp CCD ( max = 1,240,000 pixels ). The first deliveries will be to KDDI in Japan. |
| 3G Centre Helps SARs |
| Alcatel will open its 3G Reality Centre in China to application developers in the Asia Pacific region, to jointly work on multimedia mobile medical applications to contribute to the current anti-SARS fight. |
| CDMA2000 1X Chipset Solution for Entry-Level 3G Devices |
| The MSM6xxx chipset family are based on radioOne Zero Intermediate Frequency (ZIF) architecture, providing reduced bill of materials and ultimately more cost-effective solutions for 3G wireless devices. |
| Poland Watches Movies On Mobiles |
| The new service enables subscribers to watch popular movies and TV series on their mobile devices, as well as to listen to favorite radio stations. |
| LG 5th in Phone Market |
| Two years ago, LGE ranked 10th on the global mobile phone market. Today, the company has wrestled the 5th spot from global mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson. |
| 5 New 3G Phones |
| KDDI Corp and Okinawa Cellular plans to launch five new handsets from the end of May increasing their new lineup of 3G mobile phones ( CDMA 2000 1x ), a format that enables high-speed data transmission of up to 144 kbps |
| Secure Mobile Wi-Fi On Top of 3G Services |
| Camera Phone Is World First |
| Casio in Japan announces the new Casio A5401CA, the first phone to be equipped with a 1,24 Mp CCD ( max = 1,240,000 pixels ). The first deliveries will be to KDDI in Japan. |