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Articles tagged with: 3 Uk
US court to hear Telenor's suit vs Alfa Group
MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Prime-Tass) -- An arbitration court in New York has scheduled for December 7-8 hearings of a lawsuit filed by Norwegian telecommunication company Telenor against Ukraine's Storm, a unit of Russia's Alfa Group, Telenor said in a statement Monday. more
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Hutchison's 3G Call May Connect at Last
Could this be the year Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa finally gets a payoff on its $25 billion bet on 3G mobile-phone technology? Based on the scant value the markets assign Hutchison's loss-making third-generation phone operations, investors aren't counting on it. But they may want to leave their phones on in case some good news breaks. more
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Will Smartphones Drive Mobile Content Sales?
M:Metric says in a recent report, that it has found that while smart-phone owners comprise a small percentage of the overall population of mobile phone users, large percentages of smart-phone users are consuming mobile content. Contrary to popular belief, those carrying these powerful devices are not using them exclusively for productivity applications, but are also using them to view mobile video, play mobile games and listen to mobile music in addition to using them for personal e-mail and wireless Web access. more
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3 UK Launches Push E-Mail Service
Hutchison 3G UK says that it is launching a push email service for small office/home office (SOHO) customers and SMEs. The new service supports Exchange email and no system integration is required. The service is powered by SEVEN Networks' award-winning Always-On Mail mobile email platform, which delivers highly secure real-time access to emails, attachments, contact and calendar information. Every email is automatically 'pushed' to the handset, and all actions are simultaneously mirrored on the host email account. more
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3 UK Switches 2G Roaming Contract
Hutchison 3G UK has swapped its existing GSM roaming agreement in the UK with O2 for rival operator, Orange. The new agreement follows the completion of an auction for 3's national roaming business. Hutch says that Orange tendered the most competitive bid for the supply of voice, text and data services and has been selected as the preferred national roaming provider for 3 from the end of 2006. more
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Ericsson Profit Flat As Marconi Deal, Margins Weigh"
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- Ericsson, the world's largest supplier of mobile-phone network equipment, reported flat profit Friday due to the recent purchase of Marconi and receding margins. more
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Ofcom Targets 3G Termination Rate Regulation
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom Thursday proposed imposing new controls on prices cellphone companies charge each other for connecting calls between third-generation networks. more
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3 UK Wins Legal Battle Against O2 Over Advertising
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- 3 UK, the mobile phone company owned by Hutchison Whampoa, Thursday said it has won its legal battle with rival operator O2, owned by Telefonica, over 3's advertising. more
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Hutchison 3G UK has announced a successful trial of High Speed Downlink Packet Access ("HSDPA") on its 3G network in the UK. The trial, which has been running for the last four months, has already delivered speeds of up to 1.4 million bits per second, over three times faster than current 3G speeds and more than forty times faster than GPRS. The first voice and data downloads on HSDPA were performed over 3's network in Maidenhead. more
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3 UK Launches Datacard That Allows Skype Access
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- 3 UK, the mobile telecommunications company owned by Hutchison Whampoa, Monday launched a datacard for use in laptops that also allows 3 UK's 3.2 million users to access services from voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, provider Skype. more