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| Orange 3G 2004 |
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25th June 2003 |
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Chief Executive Solomon Trujillo told a London strategy presentation that Orange had acquired 4,500 3G sites in Britain and that its new high-speed network would cover 40 percent of the population when it launched services commercially next year. In its other core market of France, Trujillo said Orange planned to cover 60 percent of the population by 2006, adding that new services, such as video calls, would be "ready to go" in 2004 or 2005. France is one of Europe's least competitive markets, so there is less pressure to launch costly 3G services while Europe's top cellphone groups and equipment makers struggle to iron out bugs and software glitches in the high-tech new phones. But in Britain, Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa in March launched 3G services via its 3 UK start-up. 3 UK, which has only around 25,000 customers, has slashed voice prices, undercutting rivals by up to 50 percent, to boost market share. |
TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
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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'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 |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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.
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Reuters
UK : 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.