MTN Nigeria makes successful 3G test calls over UMTS network.(NIGERIA)

The mobile-phone industry Tuesday heard loud and clear from Nortel and BB Mobile, a Softbank Group company, when the pair announced test calls demonstrating uninterrupted high-speed voice and data sessions. The test calls, completed on a live Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) 3G cellular network and an 802.11 wireless LAN, ......

EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2003 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Czech mobile operator Eurotel has announced it is testing its 3G UMTS network in Prague. The company says that the network supports internet access at 360Kb/s, which is faster than fixed-line ISDN internet access. Under the terms of Eurotel's 3G licence, bought in ......

EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in the ongoing dispute over a block of wireless spectrum that could delay high-speed mobile internet services in the country even further, the Financial Times reports. Telecoms regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said ......

EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Swedish 3G licence holder Hi3G announced it has struck an agreement with SEB Swedish bank SEB to offer mobile banking services on its UMTS network. As part of the deal, subscribers are to be able to manage their personal finances, transactions and payments, ......

EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Sonera, the Finnish mobile operator has confirmed that it will launch its 3G network on September 26. The company says services will initially operate primarily on the present mobile communications network (GSM/GPRS) on account of the technological delay and also on the UMTS ......

EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Romania said it plans to award as many as four 3G licences before August and expects some big European operators to bid. Bidding for the wideband CDMA licences is set to start in May, and "very serious investors have shown interest in these ......

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On June 30, 2005, new federal regulations were scheduled to take effect which prohibit companies (including tax-exempt associations) from sending faxes with commercial content to recipients unless the company first obtained the written consent of the recipient. Although this deadline was originally scheduled to occur in the fall of 2003, ......