| NTT DoCoMo to Sell Stake in Hutchison 3G UK |
| 15th
May, 2005 ( see
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| ASIA : NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will complete the sale of its 20% stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited ("H3G UK") to Hutchison Whampoa Limited ("HWL") on June 23, 2005. DoCoMo will record a gain on sale of affiliate shares of approximately 62 billion yen on a consolidated basis in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006 including foreign currency translation adjustment and as a result, will amend its consolidated financial forecasts, which were announced on May 10, 2005. The non-consolidated financial forecast remains unchanged. DoCoMo and HWL signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement on May 27, 2004 under which DoCoMo was to sell its entire stake in H3G UK to HWL for £120 million in three installments to be completed by February 15, 2007. However, HWL notified DoCoMo on May 9, 2005 of its intention to accelerate the final closing of the transaction to June 23, 2005. |
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| NTT DoCoMo to Sell Stake in Hutchison 3G UK |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will complete the sale of its 20% stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited ("H3G UK") to Hutchison Whampoa Limited ("HWL") on June 23, 2005. |
| LG Targets Russian Mobile Market |
| LG Electronics is aggressively pushing into the Russian and CIS mobile phone markets. |
| First Two-Megapixel Camera Phone in the United States |
| Sprint and Samsung announced the first two-megapixel camera phone in the United States, the Sprint PCS VisionSM Multimedia Phone MM-A800 by Samsung®. |
| O2 and NTL Broadcast TV-to-Mobile Trial |
| O2 and NTL Broadcast today revealed the first batch of channels to be part of their line-up for the forthcoming Oxford mobile TV trial, including Cartoon Network, CNN, Discovery Channel, Sky Sports News and Sky Travel. |
| First User-Self-Enabled 3G Video Conference Solution |
| This service adopts RADVISION's SCOPIA(TM) advanced video services platform combined with WiseSpot's WiseVSAA video service application architecture. |
| Will WiMAX Replace 3G and Fixed Broadband? |
| The two fastest growing markets in the history of telecommunications; mobile telephony and fixed broadband access, are happening right now. |
| Seven Things You Didn't Know About Hutchison 3G |
| The entrance of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's subsidiaries, 3 and HTIL, to the mobile communications industry has reinvigorated it during an era in which most observers have been talking about consolidation, not expansion. |
| O2 and NTL Broadcast Reveal First Channels for TV-to-Mobile Trial |
| O2 and NTL Broadcast today revealed the first batch of channels to be part of their line-up for the forthcoming Oxford mobile TV trial, including Cartoon Network, CNN, Discovery Channel, Sky Sports News and Sky Travel. The six-month trial - which marks a UK first - begins performance testing in July prior to roll out to 350 O2 customers early in September 2005. |
| Initial Sales From 3G Product Development Agreement with China Ericsson |
| Telestone Technologies Corporation announced it has received the first $100,000 order from China Ericsson, a division of LM Ericsson, for products to be deployed in a trial 3G (Third Generation) network project in the People's Republic of China (PRC). |
| NEC's Mobile Internet Platform and i-mode Wireless Handset for Russia |
| NEC announced that it has received orders of Mobile Internet Platform and mobile handsets for Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)'s i-modeTM" service. |
| Nokia 6680 3G Phone Review |
| My first impression of the Nokia 6680 was "swish ". But I then paused and thought what exactly do I mean. Yes it looks "swish" but I ain't blown away. |
| iQuickStart 3G for Windows Mobile 5.0 |
| The iQuickStart 3G Program extends support for Windows Mobile software to 3G and leverages Intrinsyc Software's licensable Radio Interface Layer (RIL) telephony components for Windows Mobile 5.0-based device development. |
| Latest 3G Game Reviews for 3 Australia |
| The latest game reviews from Gamer.tv are now available on 3, Australia's most advanced 3G network. The unique gaming mobile video service features video game reviews and previews while extending 3's current mobile TV offering to join Big Brother 5 and Rage! |
| 3G Dynasty Pre-Launch Personalized Homepages on WAP |
| 3G Dynasty, Inc. (3G), a subsidiary of Telecom Communications Inc., the Total Solutions Provider, announced today that its registered members are able to build personalized homepages on WAP. |
| World's First Windows Mobile 5.0 Based 3G Device |
| High Tech Computer Corp. announced its plans to release the world's first 3G Windows Mobile 5.0-based device, the HTC Universal. |
| Mobile is back in fashion |
| Mobile has that buzz again - and the buzzwords of the millennium are back too, including acquisitions and alliances, 3G, MVNO, fixed-to-mobile substitution (FMS), and retention. |
