| 3's 3G Phones Available in over 8,800 UK Stores |
| 18th
April, 2005 ( see
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Europe : 3, the UK's first video mobile network, today announced that there are now over 8,800 retail outlets in the UK selling 3 video mobiles, an increase of over 4,000 a year ago. 3's continued rollout of outlets is being driven by an increase in general retailers stocking ThreePay, 3's great value pay-as-you-go offer, as well as an increase in the number of independent retailers stocking 3's services. Major outlets stocking 3's products and services: Carphone
Warehouse 594 3's
pay monthly or contract services are also available in over 500 ThreePay
video mobiles Approximately 4,200 stockists sell 3's products and services, with over 500 dealers. Top-up
on ThreePay Gareth Jones, COO said: "3 is the challenger bringing value back into this market for the UK consumer. Our retail presence demonstrates our commitment to making 3 the mobile brand of choice on the High Street. Over 3 million customers on our network are already enjoying 3's great value." Marc
Allera, Sales Director said: "3's retail footprint is now second
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| Iusacell and Lucent Technologies to Deploy CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Network |
| "With Lucent's 1xEV-DO network, we can now offer advanced data services at speeds that compete with most of the fixed connections," said Gustavo Guzman, Iusacell's CEO. |
| KPC650 BroadbandAccess PC Card with Optimized Antenna for Verizon Wireless' 3G EV-DO High-Speed Network |
| With the Kyocera KPC650 PC Card and BroadbandAccess, Verizon Wireless customers get typical download speeds of 400 - 700 kbps and bursts up to 2 Mbps, providing them with a wireless data experience similar to using high-speed wired connections at the office. |
| Vodafone Netherlands First to Offer UMTS for Apple MAC Users |
| As of today Vodafone Netherlands expands its successful UMTS business service by making the Vodafone Mobile Connect UMTS datacard MAC compatible. |
| 3's 3G Phones Available in over 8,800 UK Stores |
| 3, the UK's first video mobile network, today announced that there are now over 8,800 retail outlets in the UK selling 3 video mobiles, an increase of over 4,000 a year ago. |
| Camera Phone Sales Surge To 257 Million |
| According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, 257 million camera phones were shipped worldwide, representing 38 percent of total handset sales, in 2004. This was up sharply from 84 million, or 16 percent of total, in 2003. |
| U.S. Wireless Commercial Video and Television Anticipates Rapid Market Growth |
| From a technological point of view, a compelling video and audio experience over wireless networks and devices has arrived. |
| Vodafone Customer Care Launches 3G Video Channel for Customers |
| From today, all Vodafone Portugal customers will be able to contact its Customer Care service by videocall. |
| GSM Attains #1 Position in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| "GSM, the last wireless digital technology to be deployed in the region, has progressed at an astonishing rate to first place in terms of total subscribers as of the first quarter of this year," explains Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas. |
| Tatara Systems Demonstrates Fixed Mobile Convergence |
| One of the first fixed mobile convergence solutions being offered by Tatara is SMS over IP, which allows communications service providers to seamlessly handoff SMS traffic from their legacy circuit network to an IP network (e.g. over WLAN). |
| Deal Reinforces Nokia's Leading Position in 3GPP Core Networks |
| Nokia has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia. |
| Rogers First In Canada To Provide Live TV On Cell Phones |
| Rogers Mobile Television service is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. |
| 3G Mobile Video Content for Telecom New Zealand |
| Gamer.tv has signed an agreement with Telecom New Zealand to supply video game reviews, previews and features for access by Telecom's T3G customers. |
| Woosh Order with IPWireless Triples its 3G UMTS TDD Network |
| Woosh Wireless and IPWireless announced today that the New Zealand broadband service provider has placed an order for an additional 180 UMTS TDD base stations to expand its New Zealand network. |
| SK Telecom Releases "GXG", Mobile Phone 3D Games |
| SK Telecom has launched a variety of great 3D games that let users enjoy a sense of incredible speed and powerful graphics by upgrading the existing mobile games offered via mobile phone. |
| 3G HSDPA Tipped as a Low-Cost Path to Fast Mobile Broadband |
| Mobile communications infrastructure vendors and carriers, impatiently waiting to offer their customers mobile broadband services, would do well to consider HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) as an economical alternative. |
| Qualcomm Samples First CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A Chipset |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated announced the on-time sampling of the industry's first chipset for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A, the Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM6800 chipset, optimized to drive demand for data-intensive wireless multimedia. |
| Vision Face Recognition Sensor' for Mobile Phones |
| OMRON Corporation, a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, demonstrated the 'OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor' at the 'Security Show Japan 2005', held March 2nd to 4th at the Tokyo Big Sight. |
| Enhance ISP Service for 3G FOMA Users |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today the forthcoming launch of mopera U™, an advanced mobile ISP service for FOMA subscribers who connect to the Web via a PC, PDA or DoCoMo's new business-oriented M1000 handset. NTT DoCoMo aims to start the service this June. |
| Vodafone Spain - Country's First Quad Band UMTS 3G PC Card Modems |
| Novatel Wireless announced it will supply its Merlin U630(TM) PC Data Cards to Vodafone Spain, one of Southern Europe's largest wireless carriers. |
| Mobile Video's Spectacular Payoff |
| Tiny TVs have been around for decades without having much impact. That's about to change, according to a new study from ABI Research. |
| Cellular3G Debuts Low-Power, High Data Rate, W-CDMA Baseband Chip |
| Cellular3G Inc., the wireless chip-set company with a R&D site in the UK, stepped up its UMTS offering with a full rate HSDPA solution, a natural migration from its, already commercial UMTS Rel.4 UE baseband processor implementation, TopHat(TM). |
| Haiti Prepare for 3G Wireless |
| Haiti Telecommunications International S.A. (HaiTel), a wireless voice and Internet service provider in Haiti, is expanding and enhancing its wireless network with Nortel CDMA wireless infrastructure solutions. |
