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Cost blamed for gloomy global 3G outlook
News A report by market researchers TNS shows that the number of people aspiring to buy third-generation phones has dropped from 7 percent in 2005 to 4 percent in 2006. And in July, Vodafone was forced to deny it was giving up on recouping its huge...
[October 13, 2006, 12:30]
Pre-paying Brits won't flock to 3G
News After spending a total of £22.5bn acquiring 3G licences in the UK, Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Hutchison 3G are under pressure to launch successful and lucrative third-generation mobile networks.
[April 1, 2003, 13:34]
Nokia, Ericsson reach mobile milestone
News Wideband code division multiple access (w-CDMA) is the major standard in the worldwide move to third generation or 3G mobile phones. On Thursday, Nokia intends to announce that w-CDMA cellphones it developed now meet the requirements set by the...
[September 25, 2002, 10:43]
Nokia glitch could crimp 3G plans
News The company said that its newest generation of phones will not be affected by the glitch. But analysts said the glitch is an embarrassment for Nokia and potentially another setback for the introduction of highly touted third-generation, or 3G...
[April 4, 2001, 9:42]
GSM Association pushes 3G to developing world
News A global trade association for mobile operators has approved a new programme called "3G for all" that could help bring third-generation multimedia services and mobile Internet access to more people in developing countries.
[June 14, 2006, 10:00]
Nokia unsurprised by 3G handset complaints
News At the recently-concluded UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) Congress in Holland, a group of European mobile operators complained about the quality of third-generation handsets and how they were unfit for the mass market.
[June 18, 2003, 9:30]
RealNetworks signs 3G deal
News While so-called third-generation mobile phones are available in Japan, they have been slow to appear in the United States and Europe. A new deal will let RealNetworks offer content providers and wireless carriers the ability to use the MPEG-4...
[November 5, 2002, 7:57]
Orange ready to join 3G Christmas battle
News This will make it the third company to launch third-generation handsets in the UK, after Hutchison's 3 and Vodafone. It says that the cost of buying a third generation handset is too high, because the 3G network outside London and the UK's major...
[December 2, 2004, 12:45]
UK to lead Europe in 3G
News A new report from analyst house Forrester predicts that 3G take-up will languish in the doldrums in Europe until around 2010, when some 60 percent of the continent's citizens will be using third-generation phones.
[January 19, 2006, 15:40]
Don't expect 3G until 2004
News The former head of mobile network operator Orange claimed this week that European third-generation (3G) networks will not be ready until at least 2004. However, he insisted that mobile operators would make money from third-generation networks and...
[April 5, 2001, 14:40]
Drowning in wireless spaghetti
News The first generation of mobile phone was based around FDD, with a pair of analogue channels per conversation. Telecommunications Union decided to start its IMT-2000 project, which aimed to create a single third generation (3G) standard for the...
[November 1, 2005, 12:00]
Mobile subscribers surge worldwide
News Increased adoption of third-generation wireless phone technology should help sustain record growth in the mobile handset market. Third-generation wireless networks are expected to deliver an array of new products and services to mobile phone users...
[September 5, 2003, 9:05]
Hutchison 3G denies Phones 4U takeover rumours
News Reports that third-generation mobile phone licence holder Hutchison 3G is planning a multi-million pound takeover of the Phones 4U chain were denied by the company on Monday. Phones 4U is currently owned by Caudwell Communications, 97 percent of...
[December 17, 2001, 12:44]
Hutchison performs successful 3G test
News Amid growing scepticism about third-generation mobile phones, Hutchison 3G appears to be making good progress towards launching a high-speed mobile network in the UK later this year. Third generation networks offer an exciting new gaming platform...
[May 20, 2002, 13:19]
Tech heavyweights team up on 3G
News A group of tech heavyweights have teamed up to develop hardware and software for third-generation mobile phones. Adcore-Tech will be a vehicle for "development, licensing, maintenance service and system evaluation of communications platforms for...
[July 28, 2006, 9:55]
TI and AMD team on next-generation mobile
News Texas Instruments (TI) Tuesday announced a deal with AMD that could propel it into the heady world of third-generation (3G) mobile phones. Mobile phones are set to transform themselves into high-speed Internet and entertainment terminals in the...
[October 3, 2000, 10:27]
NEC adds digital TV to cellphone
News NEC has demonstrated a prototype third generation mobile phone that doubles as a portable digital television. To see the latest news on the next generation of mobile communications, see the GPRS/3G News Section.
[July 14, 2003, 14:32]
3G phone ads could be illegal
News Location-based advertising on broadband mobile phones would help telecommunications companies to recoup some of the billions they have spent on buying third generation (3G) mobile phone licences from the government.
[November 24, 2000, 14:31]
Virgin Radio may go worldwide with Ericsson
News Evans' Ginger Media Group and electronics firm Ericsson have begun trials to transmit radio content to third generation mobile phones and wireless devices. Using third-generation mobile wireless networks, it will be able to broadcast to every...
[September 10, 1999, 15:58]
Hutchison signs 3G retail deal
News Hutchison 3G UK has signed a retail agreement with Dixons Stores Group that will see handsets and contracts for its third-generation mobile phone services -- branded '3' -- sold in around 300 The Link stores.
[January 8, 2003, 10:11]
