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Device ecosystem crucial to TD-SCDMA growth
News Symbian's recent vote of support for TD-SCDMA is expected to boost the Chinese 3G standard, but real growth will come after 2012, says analyst.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile applications, Ovum, China Mobile Ltd., China Unicom, 3G Network, 3G, China Telecom, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA
Wi-Fi's success relies on ubiquity
News Current adoption of the wireless technology will help ensure its continued existence in light of emergence of cellular broadband, experts say.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, 3G (Third Generation), ABI Research, Wireless, Singapore, Broadband, 3G Network, 3G, Wi-Fi, 4G
Zeebo won't shake up games market
News Low-cost games console, Zeebo, will complement rather than compete against existing consoles such as Xbox or PS3, when it launches in Asia next year.
Tags: Game players, Games, Product development and design, Sony Playstation, Wireless, Zeebo, Shailendra Pandey, Steven Bailey, 3G Network, payment
Apple lands deal to sell iPhone in China
News China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone into the massive market in the fourth quarter--but with Wi-Fi disabled.
Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Inc., UBS AG, China Mobile Ltd., Wireless, China Unicom, 3G Network, China, Apple iPhone, Wall Street Journal
Orange, T-Mobile merge to create UK's largest carrier
News Decreasing revenue and heavy competition trigger U.K.'s biggest mobile merger, which will give the new joint venture lead position in United Kingdom with more than 28 million customers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Carrier, Britain, 3G Network, T-Mobile
True Corp needs to raise more cash for 3G auction
News The company's chief executive says the company is intent on moving to a 3G network for its mobile subsidiary True Move.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Business broadband, Personal broadband, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Cell Phone, Auction, 3G Network, 3G, allocation
E-mail bigger strain on mobile networks than P2P
News Bell Labs has found that while Web surfing and P2P account for much of the data volume in 3G networks, mobile e-mail is a bigger resource hog.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile, Smart Phone, Wireless, Wireless Network, P2P, 3G Network
Apple to FCC: We're still studying Google Voice app
News Apple tells the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it acted alone in deciding to continue to review an iPhone application that works with Google's voicemail service.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., 3G Network, phone, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, network, VoIP, FCC, Apple iPhone
Analyst: 2G to dominate Southeast Asia
News Voice and text messaging to stay predominant mobile services due to expanding subscriber base in rural areas; 3G adoption remains in saturated markets.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Broadband, 2G, 3G Network, Southeast Asia, Frost & Sullivan, 3G, Emerging Market, analyst
Femtocells still years away from mainstream
News The wireless technology is not likely to hit consumers for next few years and still needs to find edge over Wi-Fi to appeal to users, says analyst.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), 802.11/Wi-Fi, Business broadband, Ovum, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Broadband, 3G Network, Environment, Wi-Fi
Apple turning to China Unicom?
News After well over a year of iPhone flirtation with China Mobile, Apple may have decided to cut off talks with the world's largest carrier and start negotiating with China Unicom.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Apple Inc., China Mobile Ltd., Wireless, China Unicom, 3G Network, China Telecom, W-CDMA, network, China
Microsoft in talks over Windows 7 broadband bundles
News The software giant is talking to mobile operators about bundling Windows 7 with netbooks for 3G mobile-broadband deals.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Broadband, operating system, 3G Network, subnotebook, Microsoft Windows XP, Brussels, Microsoft Windows
Skype gets SMS, file transfer for Windows Mobile
News Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 beta gets two big features from the desktop version: file transferring and SMS.
Tags: Windows Mobile, Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, 3G Network, Beta, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, SMS Feature, phone
Video recording, faster networking on next iPhone?
News A report that a future iPhone might support video recording makes sense, in light of another report that Apple plans to upgrade its networking speed.
Tags: Development/design, Apple Inc., Engadget, Video, 3G Network, Apple MobileMe, AT&T Corp., 3G, network, Apple iPhone
Power users to get 4G first
News Such users could be among the first to be shifted onto higher-speed networks when operators deploy a successor to their 3G networks.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Notebooks and tablets, Strategic analysis, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Sister Site, 3G Network, Steinberg, 3G, 4G
