12/06/2010
Giga Om
In less than 48 hours, Verizon Wireless, one of world’s largest carriers will turn on its next generation network powered by the Long Term Evolution (LTE) set of technologies. And as we enter a bold new wireless era of superfast wireless broadband, it is important to take stock of the third generation (3G) wireless [...]
09/30/2010
FierceWireless
During tests to qualify the coverage claims made by the French mobile operators, the French telecoms regulator, Arcep, found that 3G coverage in the 900MHz band was less consistent compared with 3G offered in the 2.1GHz band.
While Arcep offered no technical explanation for this unreliability of 3G in the 900MHz band, it might provide French [...]
09/22/2010
AFP
GENEVA (AFP) – Superfast third generation (3G) mobile phone networks have expanded nearly tenfold in four years, outstripping fixed line broadband, the UN’s telecoms agency said on Wednesday.
The International Telecommunications Union predicted that 3G — which allows users to watch TV and access the Internet from their phones — would exceed 900 million subscriptions [...]
09/20/2010
Wall Street Journal
BANGKOK—Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court said it will decide Thursday on an appeal filed by the country’s telecommunications regulator challenging an injunction against a long-delayed auction of third-generation mobile licenses that was scheduled to kick off Monday.
The Central Administrative Court late Thursday issued an unexpected injunction against the auction, after state-owned operators challenged [...]
02/08/2010
DigiTimes
Domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to amount to 42.97 million units in 2010, up from 7.2 million in 2009, according to iSuppli. The research firm attributed the significant growth to aggressive subsidies from wireless carriers.
These subsidies, which make pricing of the 3G cell phones more attractive to consumers, are expected [...]
01/28/2010
Unstrung
The new Apple iPad will have a 3G connection, but U.S. consumers won’t necessarily get to shop carriers to pick the best deal on bandwidth.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs made mention of the fact that the GSM-based device is “unlocked” at its launch in San Francisco Wednesday. In theory, this means that [...]
12/15/2009
SinoCast
SHENZHEN, Dec 15, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — QCOM — Patterning sixteen Chinese partners such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE, Qualcomm staged a partner conference in China on December 4, during which Qualcomm president disclosed that the company derived 23% of its total sales from China last year, adding that with telecom [...]
12/04/2009
Netease
At the “Qualcomm China Partner Conference and Innovation Showcase” held this morning, Cristiano Amon, Senior Vice President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said, “With the development of the Chinese 3G industry, the global communications market has begun to take a favorable turn. Qualcomm predicts that the global 3G handset shipments will surpass 2G handset shipments in [...]
11/13/2009
Inquirer – Online, The
Qualcomm has started providing wireless chipsets that combine 3G and 4G wireless technology.
The cunning plan is to help carriers transition to the next generation of wireless technology. While many carriers around the world plan to upgrade their networks to 4G using LTE, 4G signals will not be available everywhere and punters [...]
