18th June 2002 by The Korea herald www.koreaherald.co.kr
LG
Electronics agreed to ship CDMA (code divison multiple access) equipment
worth $35 million to Vietnam, as part of efforts to boost its standing
in the fast-growing Southeast Asian mobile market.
LG
said that it ships CDMA 2000 1x system, a core third-generation mobile
equipment that handles not only voice but also other value added services
such as the Internet.
The
company said it provides the system to S-Telecom, a joint venture between
SLD and Vietnamese mobile carrier Saigon PosTel. SLD is a company in Vietnam
jointly founded by top mobile carrier SK Telecom, LG Electronics and DongAh
Elecomm Inc.
"The
CDMA equipment will be installed by the end of September and CDMA 2000
1x service is likely to start in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi around the end
of the year," LG said.
LG
said it beat other bidders such as Nortel Networks of Canada and NEC of
Japan to secure the equipment order, a performance that it hopes will
lead to a bigger share in the Vietnamese CDMA equipment market.
It
said Vietnam's CDMA 2000 1x equipment market is forecast to grow to $100
million in five years.
Meanwhile,
LG grabbed the CDMA WLL (wireless local loop) system deal valued at $15
million for Vietnam Post & Telecommunications (VNPT) in April last
year, kicking off its foray into the Southeast Asian country's mobile
equipment market.
Sony
Ericsson today unveiled the T300 mobile phone, which offers entertaining
multimedia applications like imaging, messaging and gaming, and is priced
for the mass market.
DevX
announced the launch of an information portal to assist wireless developers
in creating mobile applications for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment
for Wireless(TM) (BREW) platform
3G
is fast becoming a reality globally. Recent 3G deployments in the United
States, Canada, Latin America and Eastern Europe are providing users with
leading-edge devices
The
telecom industry's future depends on selling more gear, subscriptions,
and network services -- but visible mobile only has a set number of humans
to sell to
This
issue is vital for future network compatibility especially now as the
3GPP have announced that SIP as being the protocol choice for multimedia
session control in 3G networks.
Nokia
and AT&T Wireless announced they have signed an agreement for the
delivery of GSM / GPRS / EDGE radio network systems to enable multimedia
applications and high-speed packet-based access to the mobile Internet
Hong
Kong CSL Ltd., Sonera Corp., and Aicent, Inc. today jointly announced
the launch of the world's first commercial inter-operator Multimedia Messaging
Service (MMS) over Aicent's and Sonera's GPRS Roaming Exchange
Ericsson's
vision is based on open standards, a driver behind the company's leading
role in standardization through all generations of mobile technology -
from 1G to 3G.
