EU looks to expand 3G bandwidth
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The European Union plans to widen the  number of radio frequencies that can be used for 3G mobile  networks, but an EU official said on Wednesday the most  attractive bands for rural areas are not yet available.
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TechWeb - Riding the wave of demand for mobile communications in developing countries and finding new ways to make money from maturing markets will be preoccupations at the world's top wireless trade show, 3GSM, in Barcelona.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo believes Europe will embrace hi-tech telephones and expects a major boost in subscribers on the continent of its i-mode Internet service.
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The first generation of High Speed Packet Access mobile services increased download speeds to mobile phones. Now carriers are also launching HSPA services, also known as Turbo-3G, with faster upload speeds, making the mobile office even more of a reality.On Thursday, AT&amp;T Wireless unveiled two new LaptopConnected HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) data cards for its wireless broadband customers.Another carrier that has upgraded its network and recently launched a service is 3 Sweden.&quot;We are mainly talking to professional users. It&#39;s a really good service for people that need to send large files,&quot; said Camilla B&#252;low.It charges a flat monthly fee of 299 Swedish kronor ($46) for the service, aptly named Pro.AT&amp;T Wireless and 3 Sweden are not the only operators speeding up their networks. Around 50 carriers currently support HSUPA, according to the latest figures from GSM Association, a group representing network operators.&quot;Moving to HSUPA is a logical progression, and it doesn&#39;t take a substantial investment to upgrade,&quot; said David Pringle, spokesman for the GSM Association.Heavy e-mail users aren&#39;t the only ones who have a lot to gain from faster upload speeds. In a world where consumers create more of their own content and make phone calls from the PC, and where the move to delivering software as a service is gaining momentum, faster upload speeds are becoming increasingly important.&quot;We are doing a lot of work around virtual desktops, and faster network speeds in both directions would improve the mobile user experience,&quot; said Peter S&#246;derholm, field systems engineering manager at Citrix Systems Nordic.The first iteration of HSUPA supports theoretical data rates of up to 1.4Mbps. In the real world that means around 1Mbps -- three to four times faster than existing networks. Next year the speed will increase to up to 5.76Mbps, and carriers are getting ready for that too.&quot;Our network is ready for that speed, but we haven&#39;t said when we are going to upgrade,&quot; said B&#252;low.For the technology to become useful, users must have compatible modems and phones. Modems are becoming more common, but mobile phones are still scarce. HSUPA products launched at last week&#39;s Mobile World Congress included Sony Ericsson&#39;s Xperia X1 and Toshiba&#39;s Port&#233;g&#233; G810.&quot;The phones are a bit behind,&quot; B&#252;low concluded.
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Consumer groups and broadband vendors want more market competition for wireless spectrum.
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The mobile phone industry called on  Monday for regulators to open up the airwaves to make  high-speed third-generation (3G) services available to about  300 million more people.
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HONG KONG (CBS.MW) -- UK wireless operator Mmo2 (OOM) (UK:OOM) said it will launch Europe&#39;s first &quot;super-fast&quot; third-generation (3G) mobile broadband data network in the summer of 2005 at mmO2&#39;s subsidiary, Manx Telecom on the UK&#39;s Isle of Man.
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Plan promises downloads of up to 3mbps to lure in gamers and other high-bandwidth users.
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Over the next month, NTT DoCoMo plans to test a Super 3G, or LTE (long-term evolution) cellular system capable of sending data at 300MBps.
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Several European phone companies plan to announce significant expansions of Internet protocol television, or IPTV, this week.
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Mobile operator 02&#39;s parent mmO2 has this morning announced the launch its third-generation European data network. The network will incorporate HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) technology and IMS
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The company has become the latest operator to reveal it is investigating technology designed to improve 3G coverage indoors.
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Taking the best from both and still failing to cover the UK T-Mobile and 3 are to combine their 3G radio networks in the UK, increasing coverage for both companies and reducing running costs.â¦
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Cingular, the largest US mobile phone operator, is to launch a high-speed third generation (3G) network.
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Europe has been slow to adopt 3G mobile-phone services, and now the opportunity for cashing in may have passed. A new Wi-Fi design from a British company threatens to cut away the ground 3G has gained. By Wendy Grossman.
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EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen is to launch a new plan to boost growth across the European Union next month.
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AT&T said Wednesday that it will expand its 3G footprint and upgrade the network to give users a boost in upload speeds.