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Articles tagged with: 3G Phones
Mobile phone shipments in 2009 will be down by 9.1%
The economic downturn will have a significant impact on mobile phone shipments in 2009; the volumes will be down globally by 9.1%. This is according to the latest forecasts from consulting firm, Ovum. All regions, even those in emerging markets, will be hit to some extent by the downturn. Shipments will start to recover from 2010 onwards, although it will take until 2012 before global volumes are back to the level seen in 2008. more
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Qiao Xing Mobile to Boost 3G Phone Development Staff
China's Qiao Xing Mobile says that it plans to accelerate its 3G mobile phone R&D by adding 200 engineers to its existing R&D team in Beijing in 2009. The new personnel will spearhead the Company's research, design, development and commercialization of 3G handsets, with a focus on TD-SCDMA and WCDMA products. more
Related Tags: 3g, china-unicom, wcdma, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, retail-stores, 3g-phone, China
Slower Replacement Cycle to Shrink Taiwan's Mobile Phone Market in 2009
Taiwan's mobile phone market is forecast to shrink by 9.3% to around 6.4 million units. The Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) puts the shrinkage down to slower handset replacements due to the economic downturn. Some 80% of the Taiwanese market depends on replacement sales. more
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China Mobile Seeking Roaming Deals in Taiwan
China Mobile says that it is in talks with Taiwan's three mobile networks to offer roaming services between the networks. China Mobile's chairman, Wang Jianzhou said: "I think we will work closer with Taiwan mobile phone operators to improve the mobile phone communication services across the strait," more
Related Tags: 3g, roaming, edge, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, taiwan-mobile, gsm, Taiwan
3G Phones Bypass Jammers in Indian Parliament
A failure in the specifications for equipment designed to block mobile phones working inside the Indian Parliament resulted in 3G based phones starting to work last week after MTNL installed a 3G base station in the vicinity of the building. more
Related Tags: base-station, lte, mtn, cdma, 1800mhz, mtnl, gsm, India
Nokia Siemens and Ericsson May Win 20% of Chinese 3G Tender
China Mobile is expected to announce the winners of its US$4.4 billion 3G network tender, with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Ericsson both expected to receive around 10% of the contract each. The contract is for the second phase of China Mobile's trial TD-SCDMA based service which aims to expand the network to a further 28 cities. more
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China Mobile Planning to Open Silicon Valley R&D Office
China Mobile is planning to open a research centre in the USA - within California's Silicon Valley - sometime next year. This will be China MobileÃ's first overseas research and development effort. more
Related Tags: android, google, intel, smartphone, smartphones, china-mobile, td-scdma, silicon-valley, China
Small US Operators Form Trade Purchasing Body
Twenty-eight independent mobile operators and commercial mobile license owners in the USA have established a new company, NextGen Mobile, to help promote the existence of small and rural wireless companies throughout the country. The company grew out of a year-long dialog between existing mobile operators and winners of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) and 700 MHz licenses in recent FCC auctions. more
Related Tags: roaming, rural, mts, customer-care, fcc, chief-financial-officer, advanced-wireless-services, umts, USA
ZTE Shows of EDGE/TD-SCDMA Mobile Phone
China's ZTE has shown off the worldÃ's first EDGE/TD-SCDMA mobile handset. The U990 is ZTEÃ's third high-end TD-SCDMA mobile handset model and will soon be available on the market. The two other previous models were the U980 and U981. more
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China Mobile Records 490,000 Phone Calls During Olympic Ceremonies
A China Mobile spokesman has said that nearly half a million phone calls were made on its GSM network around the Olympic stadium during the opening and closing ceremonies. Almost 24,000 users made calls in and around the National Stadium, the Bird's Nest, during Sunday night's closing ceremony. The figure included about 20,000 international roaming service users. more
Related Tags: roaming, china-mobile, td-scdma, China