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3G's growing pains hurt WiMax more
Leader For a $500bn industry that's roped in nearly half the world, mobile telecommunications is in a nervous mood. Ericsson, which accounts for around half of the mobile-infrastructure market, has just issued a profits warning that's seen its shares drop...
[October 16, 2007, 15:43]
3G Coming to Ukraine
White Papers The 3G family of standards such as WCDMA or UMTS has been developed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and is otherwise called International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000). It covers 5 smaller standards, namely: WCDMA...
[April 3, 2009, 1:22]
Integrating SDH and ATM in UMTS (3G) Access Networks
White Papers The deployment of cellular UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems, better known as 3G) is one of the most difficult challenges facing today's service providers network planning experts. They need to juggle with immature technologies...
[May 29, 2009, 7:03]
'3G iPhone' speculation at fever pitch
News The rumour mill is dizzy with speculation about what 'cool new stuff' Apple's iPhone will shortly be sporting, ahead of chief executive Steve Jobs's keynote at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday.
[June 6, 2008, 9:30]
Social networking: 3G's killer app?
News Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com, which will soon go mobile, could become key applications driving data usage on new 3G wireless networks. For years, mobile operators, which have spent billions upgrading their networks to 3G wireless...
[April 12, 2006, 11:20]
Gartner: 3G phones will flop this Christmas
News Analyst group Gartner has predicted that sales of 3G phones will be poor this Christmas because the devices have failed to grab consumers' attention, a charge that mobile phone operator 3 has strongly refuted.
[November 22, 2005, 17:05]
3G: No killer app, more a killer cocktail
News Third-generation (3G) mobile networks won't produce a single new 'killer' application that will tempt companies onboard in droves. Instead, different sectors will see their own unique opportunities in the high-speed mobile networks that are...
[September 28, 2004, 17:50]
CeBIT 2002: 3G phones set to stun
News Several mobile phone manufacturers are planning to use this year's CeBIT as a launch-pad for their latest devices, with third-generation (3G) handsets set to make the leap from concepts to actual products.
[March 6, 2002, 13:14]
3G is dead, says mobile phone inventor
News 3G has problems, according to Marty Cooper, and he should know -- the chief executive of high-speed wireless company ArrayComm is credited with inventing the mobile phone while working at Motorola. We engineers knew years ago that 3G as presently...
[October 31, 2002, 14:53]
3G auctions weren't 'economic activity'
Blog In a surreal end to an epic struggle between the mobile operators and the EU, the European Court of Justice has ruled that "the award by the State of 3G mobile telecommunications licences by auction does not constitute an economic activity".
[June 27, 2007, 11:13]
3G licence auction starts Monday
News The government's auction for 3G UK mobile network licences -- the first in Europe -- begins today. Only five licences for blocks of the 3G spectrum are being auctioned, although 13 companies have applied.
[March 6, 2000, 12:14]
3G data: the choice expands
Talkback Graphics degradation is not the only problem with the Vodafone compression, I have upgraded to the new 3G Broadband card in an effort to operate my company's interactive website. Unfortunately, whilst refreshing the first page produces a clean...
[August 3, 2006, 9:50]
3G phones become crime-fighting tools
News Japanese police are encouraging third-generation (3G) mobile phone users to assist them in their fight against crime. Thursday's edition of the Mainichi Daily News reports that officers in Osaka have set up an emergency videophone hotline.
[March 21, 2002, 17:30]
3G phone ads could be illegal
News Advertising on mobile phones -- crucial for companies investing in mobile technology -- may be illegal, according to the Data Protection Commission Thursday. Location-based advertising on broadband mobile phones would help telecommunications...
[November 24, 2000, 14:31]
3G Mobile Network Security
White Papers Mobile operators need to recognize their newfound role as Internet Service Providers (ISPs). No longer do they just provide cellular voice services; now they also provide high-speed Internet Protocol-based (IP) data services.
[September 19, 2008, 1:01]
Exclusive: 3G could aid paedophiles, experts warn
News Industry experts and clinical psychologists have warned that 3G technology could open up a new channel of abuse for Internet paedophiles while government agencies admit they have not considered the potential dangers the new technology brings.
[December 6, 2000, 10:13]
Exclusive: 3G could aid paedophiles, experts warn Pt II
News The Home Office confirmed that there is no government committee looking into the potential dangers of 3G. A spokesman said: "It's all in the pot, 3G is a new development. The National Criminal Intelligence (NCIS) Service seems to be taking the lead...
[December 6, 2000, 10:14]
Third Generation (3G) Wireless White Paper
White Papers This white paper presents an overview of current technology trends in the wireless technology market, a historical overview of the evolving wireless technologies and an examination of how the communications industry plans to implement 3G wireless...
[March 28, 2005, 3:00]
3G/UMTS: Towards Mobile Broadband and Personal Internet
White Papers This paper offers an overview of the current status of launches of 3G/UMTS networks, terminals and services, before examining the technology roadmap for 3G/UMTS and its relevance in the context of future mobile systems and services.
[August 21, 2007, 0:52]
3G rollout threatened by mast protests
News The rollout of third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks in the UK may be hampered by public protests against mobile masts, as Parliament considers a proposal that could make it harder for operators to get planning permission for 3G base stations.
[April 19, 2002, 17:33]
