3G

Vodafone introduces Vodafone live! enhanced with 3G in Europe

Vodafone has today announced the introduction of 'Vodafone live! with 3G'  for consumers in Europe.

Omnitel uses Nokia core network to make Lithuania's first 3G call

Lithuania's acting president H. E. Arturas Paulauskas made the country's first 3G call over Omnitel's trial network on May 1st.  The call was made using a 3G core network supplied by Nokia as part of a six-month trial

When is a first a first?

Nokia’s claim to the have the first pre-commercial launch of a 3G network up and running for Orange France may not be welcomed by Nortel, which had a site, of sorts, up and running in Cannes in February

Nokia powers 3G launch in Orange's first "Pilot City"

Playing to win, not to lose, etc

Orange France has launched its first pre-commercial 3G network in Toulouse using a complete Nokia radio-access network solution.  Supplying the network for Toulouse, the first "Pilot City" to open 3G services,

VIPnet enters 3G by launching EDGE technology

Telekom Austria today announced the launch of its EDGE network through its Croatian mobile subsidiary VIPnet. The Croatian mobile provider is integrating EDGE technology into its network accelerating the transition from GSM to the third mobile generation. Thus,

3G subscribers to top 5 million in 2004 but remain low until at least 2005, says Analysys

• 3G subscribers in Western Europe to rise from 600,000 at the end of 2003 to 27 million at the end of 2005

• By 2009, around 70% (240 million) of all Western European mobile subscribers will have

Vodafone launches 3G data card services in the UK

Mobile Connect now dual mode

Mobile Europe will watch with interest the market response to Vodafone’s launch of its 3G/ GPRS data card service in the UK. Although Vodafone went for a relatively low-key launch, such is the

WiMAX To Drive Broadband Convergence

Emerging broadband wireless access technologies such as WiMAX and 802.20 will blur divisions between fixed and mobile broadband services. Future BWA providers will be able to offer a single subscription including broadband access in the home and high