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  • Last 2G phone shipped 8 months ago in Japan

    Second generation (2G) phones silently bowed out of Japan's market 8 months ago: the last 2G phones in Japan were shipped in December 2007. KDDI/AU switched off their 2G radio network in March this year, and both DoCoMo and SoftBank announced that they will switch off their slow and expensive 2G networks in the very near future (about 2009). Almost all other countries in the world either depend on legacy 2G networks only, or keep legacy 2G going while building out third generation in parallel. (Today's 3G HSDPA phones transmit data up to 250 times faster than 2G phones did on a good day). The last 2nd generation (2G) phones shipped in Japan in December 2007. Almost all other countries keep legacy 2G networks running - Japan just switches them off. More in our JCOMM report .

  • DoCoMo kills off 2G

    Get out the black arm bands - it looks like rumours of the death of 2G really haven’t been exaggerated. Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo has announced its preparing to kill off its second generation network and will now officially stop taking subscriptions for its 2G mova service from this November. And, as a sweetener for anyone [...]

  • Orange promises better network, more sales staff

    Orange has decided it’s time for a change and has announced a new strategy that it hopes will mean improvements in everything from its network to its sales staff. Here’s the summary of what’s happening from Orange: • new customer service strategy implemented including 500 new customer- facing roles in UK customer centres & shops; launching new [...]
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  • Japan sells not a single 2G phone in January

    Filed under: Misc It turns out that January of this year is the very first month in history that Japanese retailers brought on no stock of 2G phones, and as amazing of a statistic is that is, we have to admit -- we're just a little surprise this didn't happen, like, several years ago. As of the end of February, about 85 percent of Japan's mobile users (read: everyone in the country, we think) were on 3G handsets, another statistic that is both surprising and, at the same time, elicits a bit of an "it took that long?" response from us. Whatever; any way you slice it, these guys and gals are still way better off in the high-speed mobile data department than anyone else we can think of, so we'll err on the side of awe and just simply be impressed at the fact that it's no longer possible to get a crappy phone in the entire country of Japan. [Via IntoMobile ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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  • Japan officially kills off the 2G phone

    The end is nigh for 2G - in Japan at least. According to AFP, figures from the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association have revealed that during January, over four million mobiles were shipped in Japanese stores, but for the first time not a single one of those devices was a 2G model. AFP also [...]

  • Qualcomm Loses another Legal Fight with Nokia

    Mobile technology company Qualcomm lost another legal fight with Nokia. A British court ruled today that Qualcomm’s claim of patent infringement against handset maker Nokia were invalid. The U.K. High Court said Nokia had not infringed on patents regarding GSM mobile phone standards. Qualcomm has been trying to bring an injunction against Nokia that would keep [...]
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  • 3G handset sales in US pass 50% mark

    Even with the half-assed 3G environment that is the US wireless landscape, sales of US handsets have reached a milestone - the majority of handsets sold in the US in Q3 2007 featured 3G radios. Data from Strategy Analytics indicates that mobile phones equipped with the high-speed wireless data technology accounted for 55% of all phone sales, compared to 45% of 2G phone sales. The best-selling 3G handset was none other than Motorola’s RAZR V3m , with the LG VX8300 taking the runner-up position. We should note that Motorola and LG took seven of the top ten 3G handsets in the US, which should be music to Motorola’s beaten-down financial ears. And, with 3G-equipped mobile phones becoming more and more ubiquitous in The States, we’re rooting for T-Mobile to get their 3G network up and running. We know they’re at the mercy of the bumbling idiots in some government agency , so all we can do is hope that they can vacate the 1700Mhz band in a timely manner. [Via: Cellular News ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Mark Loughran is now Nokia's UK Sales ChiefAT&T's high-end handset sales dip ahead of iPhoneNokia predicts amount of mobile users in China to rise over to over half a billion in 07Motorola and Nokia lead the world in cameraphone segment - finally some good news for MotorolaApple iPhone sales eclipse all other [...]

  • Samsung, Sony Ericsson strike cross-licensing agreement

    Filed under: Samsung , Sony Ericsson , Misc In reality, it's probably best when two feuding companies decide to put their differences aside and move forward , but it's certainly a lot less fun . Nevertheless, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have reportedly inked a cross-licensing agreement on patents, which "allows the two companies to use each other's patents covering second-generation and third-generation wireless technology." Additionally, the deal requires that both firms withdraw all patent-related lawsuits filed against each other, and while "additional details" surrounding the exact terms were left undisclosed, we can now safely lay to rest all those outstanding 2G / 3G battles between the two outfits -- and wait for new quarrels to begin, of course. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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