Archive for December, 2006

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3 Italia launching 3 Navigator

December 21st, 2006

Wayfinder and 3 Italia are excited to be announcing the launch of 3 Navigator, powered by Wayfinder, on the Italian market on five of their best-selling mobile phones. 3 Italia will be offering a tailor made version of Wayfinder Navigator 6 on five of their best-selling mobile phones on the Italian market. For 119EUR the [...]

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Samsung and SK Telecom to launch HSDPA products powered by Option

December 21st, 2006

Option N.V. congratulates Samsung and SK Telecom on the launch of two new mobile products, the Notebook Q40 and the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) Q1, in the Korean market. Option’s HSDPA embedded Wireless Modules enables both devices to access SK Telecom’s advanced mobile network empowering users of the stylishly designed Q40 and Q1 to view, listen, [...]

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China to have over 32 million mobile video users in 2008

December 21st, 2006

The mobile video market in China will take off in 2008, driven by interest in the Beijing Olympics. A new study from ABI Research forecasts total mobile video users at more than 32 million in 2008; about 27% of these consumers will use broadcasting technology, and 73% will use unicast streaming technology, while a number [...]

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Cingular 3G available in more than 160 markets

December 21st, 2006

Cingular said its 3G mobile broadband network now extends from San Francisco to New York, and from Chicago to Dallas, making advanced wireless services available in more than 160 markets, including most of the top 100 major cities in the country. The company’s 3G network offers advanced wireless services, such as viewing video clips, and [...]

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Commission concludes that third Czech 3G licences not an aid

December 21st, 2006

The European Commission has decided under EC Treaty state aid rules that the lower price at which the third 3G licence was granted by the Czech Government in 2005 did not involve state aid within the meaning of the EC Treaty. There was no discrimination against the winners of the first two licences in 2001. [...]

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100 million global UMTS/HSDPA customers

December 21st, 2006

2006 is shaping up as a year of milestones for the GSM family of technologies. The rapid deployment of GSM’s 3G technology evolution is continuing its momentum, with the recent announcement made by Chile’s Entel PCS of their launch of UMTS/HSDPA, making Entel the first GSM operator in Latin America to achieve this commercial status. [...]