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Low-Cost 3G Handset Sales Commence
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The GSM Association says that the winning handset in the GSMA's "3G for All programme", the LG-KU250, is now on sale across the globe. The 3G handset from LG Electronics was selected by 12 leading operators to spearhead the GSMA's campaign to make multimedia mobile services accessible to a much wider user base.
The LG-KU250 will be launched by international operators Hutchison 3G, under the model name LG-U250, T-Mobile and Orange in some of their markets and also by local operators. It is set to go on sale in Europe, Asia, Middle Asia and Africa from this month.
"We believe this highly-capable device will help open up a new market for 3G phones and drive further interest in mobile multimedia services across the world," said Craig Ehrlich, chairman of the GSMA, the global trade association for mobile operators, and a board member of Hutchison Mobile Communications, which is sponsoring the project. "By focusing 3G handset makers on a much broader base of potential customers, this programme will have a significant and lasting impact on this industry."
Twelve mobile operators used eight criteria to select the LG-KU250 from 19 handsets submitted by eight vendors into the GSMA's 3G for All programme.
Starting this month, the LG-KU250 will be available in Germany, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.
The 12 operators that selected the winning handset were Cingular Wireless, Globe Telecom, Hutchison 3G, KTF, MTN, Orange, Smart, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Bharti Airtel acted as an observer."
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