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3G Long Term Evolution
White Papers In the wake of competing technologies, such as WiMAX, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has been developing a mobile communications system more capable than the existing technologies, such as GSM/EDGE, W-CDMA, and HSPA, to maintain the...
[January 7, 2008, 23:00]
3G Masts 'safer Than 2G'
News The Australian Communications Authority has released a fact sheet on the effects of radiation from 3G towers in an attempt to allay community fears. The move comes after many clashes between Hutchison and residents over the placement of its...
[December 23, 2003, 9:20]
3G: What's The Payoff?
News Despite the huge money-making opportunities presented by third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks, consumers will still be willing to spend about the same amount of money on wireless services, say experts.
[August 23, 2000, 14:56]
3G To Rise From Ashes Next Year
News The last quarter of 2003 will be the busiest in Europe for launches of 3G networks. That's the prediction of cellular industry analysts EMC, who predicts "with confidence.in the region of 40 commercial launches next year", according to a statement.
[October 9, 2002, 7:43]
3G Sales To Be Weak 'until 2006'
News Worldwide sales of 3G handsets remain weak, except in Japan and South Korea where 3G services have been available since 2001, according to data released by ARC Group this week. A study by the UK-based consulting firm revealed that 3G mobile...
[November 12, 2004, 11:30]
3G Likely To Be Scarce Outside Urban Areas
News Many parts of the UK look likely to remain devoid of 3G mobile coverage until at least 2008, as operators fulfil their statutory obligation to reach 80% of the population by focusing on crowded metropolitan locations and ignoring more remote areas.
[September 29, 2004, 16:55]
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]
3G: We're Off To See The Future! Pt II
News An interesting insight into what will become possible in Q1 2001 was offered by Ericsson when it announced its R520 handset in June. Ironically the main reason the R520 isn't commercially available yet is that this handset will also offer Bluetooth...
[August 23, 2000, 14:44]
3G Phones 'unfit For Mass Market'
News Nokia has started shipping its much-anticipated 3G (third generation) phone, the 6550, just as a storm is brewing over the quality of such handsets. Third-generation (3G) handsets have failed to deliver on their promises and are unfit for the mass...
[June 16, 2003, 9:01]
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, 0:00]
Third Generation (3G) Wireless
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...
[December 3, 2003, 23:00]
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]
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 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: We're Off To See The Future!
News The creation of third generation (3G) mobile networks goes beyond providing better quality mobile phones. G links will be used to carry a range of multimedia applications including video-telephony (Orange is already working on a project), video-on...
[August 23, 2000, 14:43]
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 Operators Lose VAT Fight
News The UK's 3G network operators have suffered a serious defeat in their ongoing attempt to claim back billions of pounds from the UK Government. The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday morning that the third-generation mobile auctions, which...
[September 7, 2006, 16:20]
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...
[August 3, 2004, 0:00]
3G Data: The Choice Expands
Talkback On of the interesting elements which doesn't appear to mentioned is the way in which internet traffic is handled by the 3G suppliers. With Vodafone the traffic appears to go through a proxy which results in jpeg images being resampled - this can...
[November 4, 2004, 12:05]
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]
