News
Issue #2003 - 18 (June 2003)
(Updated June 4, 2003)

INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES

3G News This Week

1. Forty two per cent of European mobile phone users are interested in 3G services, according to the 3G 2003 report, carried out in 10 countries.

See more details in another news item of this newsletter. 

2. DoCoMo trials 4G
NTT DoCoMo announced plans for a field trial of a fourth-generation (4G) mobile communications system in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a DoCoMo R&D center is located.

For more, http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2003/5430.htm

3. Megapixel camera phone
NTT DoCoMo announced they will begin marketing the mova SO505i, the world's first camera phone equipped with a 1.3-megapixel (effective resolution) CCD camera. 

For more http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2003/5440.htm

4. NTT DoCoMo announced the FOMA N2701, the first dual-network handset that works both with DoCoMo's 2G and 3G networks. 

For more http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2003/5437.htm

Source - Several but primarily http://www.3g.co.uk

MobileInfo Comments and Advisory: 3G keeps moving but not always in the right direction. There is more progress in Japan, less in Europe and far less in North America. .

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