3g Third Generation
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Nokia's new 3G phone for Asia, Europe
News Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has unveiled an unusually-shaped 3G (third generation) phone with entertainment features for networks based on a standard used widely in Asia and Europe.
GSM body declares victory in 3G war
News In a few years, most people in the world using a phone to watch streaming video or for any high-speed mobile data service will be doing it on a GSM phone, said the head of the group championing the standard.
Asian 3G rollout a boon for Convergys
News Lured by Asia-Pacific's promising wireless market, Convergys will invest US$10 million to expand its operations across the region.
AT&T Wireless may be near 3G launch
News The wireless carrier schedules a briefing Tuesday about an "innovative new wireless service offer."
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
The world waits for 3G wireless
News Although the arrival of third-generation technology seems just around the corner, nearly every level of the wireless food chain is experiencing delays.
SingTel likely to report 17% gain in H1 profit
News Singapore Telecommunications Ltd's first-half profit probably rose 17 percent as Southeast Asia's biggest phone company gained more business from the Internet and data networks.
Networks want say in phone designs
News Handset makers' competition leads to incompatible phone options, making it almost impossible to release new technologies and complicating things for consumers, the networks say.
Qualcomm to add Wi-Fi to phone chips
News The company begins adding Wi-Fi features to cell phone chips, the latest move to merge the two technologies.
HK telecoms forum loses glamor
News The global economic downturn has taken the glitter off next month's Asia-Pacific forum of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Hong Kong, but more SAR and Chinese firms will help make up for fewer Western companies.
3G successors make their mark
Cobrand WiMax and HSDPA could potentially give 3G a run for its money.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms
Samsung set for Olympics
News Samsung Electronics has unveiled a range of mobile products and a billion-dollar global marketing campaign focused on its sponsorship of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
SingTel, Virgin announce details of JV 
News Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and Virgin Management Ltd Monday said they have finalized their joint venture agreement to offer mobile telecommunications services in Asia.
Microsoft puts Web server on a phone
News Researchers at Microsoft's laboratories in Cambridge, England, have managed to squeeze a minuscule Web server onto a smart card for a GSM mobile phone.
Maxis to unveil 'Super 3G' by year-end
News The Malaysian telco is joined by Hong Kong's 3, in offering one of the first HSDPA services in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks
M1: HSDPA to target consumers first
News Enterprises adoption of "Super 3G" is likely to come through data services, an industry analyst adds.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation)
