Articles tagged with: Hutchison 3G and Lte

EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies

Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007.  more

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Hutchison 3G Ireland Awards Satellite Based Broadband Contract

Avanti Communications, a broadband satellite operator, says that it has been awarded a contract by Hutchison 3G Ireland to supply them with broadband internet access under the Irish Government's National Broadband Scheme. This EUR 43 million scheme is designed to bring broadband services to communities all over Ireland which are out of the reach of terrestrial alternatives. The contract has an expected value to Avanti of EUR 5.3 million over 3 years.  more

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Hutchison 3G Austria Enables 3G Direct Tunnel

Hutchison 3G Austria has enabled 3G Direct Tunnel on its network following an upgrade supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks. The so-called direct tunnel functionality is a software upgrade that simplifies the packet core network and the data flow between the end-user and the Internet.  more

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Qualcomm Announces HSPA+ trials for this Year - LTE Support Next Year

Qualcomm has announced that multiple network operators have committed to trialing HSPA+ technology this year. To be conducted with operators including Hutchison 3G, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Telstra, the Company's HSPA+ trials bring the technology another step closer to commercialization.  more

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