| Work Plan for Global Market Success of 3G/UMTS |
| 29th
March , 2005 ( see
below for all today's 3G news ) |
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Inset is Peter MacKinnon, President GSM-UMTS of Nortel quoted below. "The UMTS Forum has played an important role in preparing the market for the launch of more than sixty 3G/UMTS networks worldwide. It provides valuable guidance to regulators and contributes with market inputs to the various standardisation bodies such as ITU, 3GPP and ETSI. I look forward to the UMTS Forum continuing to contribute in these important areas", said Peter MacKinnon, President GSM-UMTS of Nortel. The new work plan opens the door to new members and allows for their contributions towards: -
Continuing provision of inputs in anticipation of the next World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC-2007) on spectrum requirements for 3G/UMTS evolution
and coverage extension for large areas of low population density; "Since the late 1990s, the UMTS Forum has been a key driver in preparing the market for the launch of 3G services", comments UMTS Forum Chairman Jean-Pierre Bienaimé. "Now that these initial services have been launched, the challenge which the UMTS Forum has set itself in going forward is to assist in capitalising further on the promise of UMTS towards true mobile broadband and in advancing 3G development throughout the world, including in emerging markets." The UMTS Forum Spectrum Aspects Group (SAG) has achieved worldwide recognition for its expertise in spectrum and frequency management. The SAG effectively contributed to previous World Radio communication Conferences (WRC) and will have a pivotal role to play in defending the interests of the 3G/UMTS mobile industry at WRC-07. |
| Today's
3G News |
It was a suitably glamorous affair held in London and Motorola collected
not one, but two of the coveted awards, the only company to do so on
the evening at the mobile phone industry’s most prestigious award
show, the Mobile News Awards 2005. |
TelASIC
Communications Inc., a leading developer of high-performance analog
and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and sub-systems for the 3G
wireless infrastructure market, today announced the closing of a $26
million Series D round of financing. |
Novatel
Wireless announced the development of the Ovation MCU1200(TM) 3G Wireless
Multimedia Application Console, powered by the Conversa(TM) proprietary
software suite. |
The
UMTS Forum has confirmed its new work plan that focuses a commitment
to support the global market success of 3G/UMTS. |
Samsung Electronics, a leading company in mobile phones, announced today
that it has launched an upgraded version of its horizontal LCD phone,
a new form-factor introduced by the company last year. |
The
company predicted that, as the movement toward ‘mobile convergence'
accelerates, key functions will merge introducing more user-optimized
mobile applications, calling for more innovative advances in semiconductor
technology. |
Korea Telecom announced that it has recently launched pilot services
after establishing Korea’s first wireless LAN network supporting
both the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses with the Institute of New Media &
Communications, Seoul National University. |
KDDI
Corporation announced a new line-up of au 3G CDMA 1X mobile phones,
with compact, color bodies resembling sweets such as mousse and jelly.
This new range of cellular phones, called Sweets [1], offers convenient,
fun features that can be safely used even by teenagers. |
Hong
Kong based Artificial Life, Inc., a leading provider of mobile entertainment
products and technology today announced that it has won another major
entertainment award. |
Synergenix
Interactive AB, a leading mobile games publisher, will offer customers
on 3, the UK’s first video mobile network, compelling high-end
3D games utilising Synergenix’ middleware mophun™. |
High
growth rates in the mobile industry have been maintained globally until
the present time, but there are strong indications that the annual growth
rate is slowing quite markedly. It has now stabilised just below 20%. |
As
3G and EDGE networks continue their deployment at a high rate in many
parts of the world, network operators are enjoying new ways to profit
from their data services. |
US
: The UMTS Forum has confirmed its new work plan that focuses a commitment
to support the global market success of 3G/UMTS. To take its agenda
forward, the cross-industry Group has re-elected its Chairman, Jean-Pierre
Bienaimé of Orange, and has elected a second Vice Chair, Gerry
Collins of Nortel, to a two-year term.
