Standards for “True 4G” Agreed at ITU Assembly

20 January 2012

This week the specifications for next-generation mobile technologies – IMT-Advanced – were agreed by the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly in Geneva. The IMT-Advanced standard allows for capabilities that go beyond IMT-2000, widely deployed since 2000 and commonly referred to as 3G mobile technologies.

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New Standards to Boost 3G Mobile Phone Capabilities

9 March 2010

A new ITU standard comprising a satellite radio interface has been approved that will ensure worldwide compatibility, international roaming, and access to high-speed data services for 3G mobile phone systems.

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European Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly

11 June 2008

Usage of mobile data services is growing rapidly in the European Union as mobile broadband networks proliferate and prices fall, says the GSMA, the global trade association representing over 750 mobile operators.

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China Gets 3G

2 April 2008

China Mobile started selling TD-SCDMA phones from 1 April. Officially it’s a trial, because 3G licenses have not yet been issued. In reality it marks the commercial launch of 3G in China.

But coming six years after the first commercial W-CDMA network launched, it’s hardly the advertisement for innovation that senior officials intended, says Telecom Asia’s Robert Clark.Read more…

Source: Telecom Asia


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