MobilenniuM Express
3G Industry news from the UMTS Forum
29 October 2007

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Telenor Launches Turbo-3G in Norway
By launching Turbo-3G, Telenor is now strengthening its focus on Mobilt Bredbånd (Mobile Broadband). As early as by November, Norway's four largest cities will be covered - soon to be followed by six other cities.

View What's Real
The new professional-level camera phone from LG Mobile, the LG ‘Viewty’ (model: LG-KU990) is now available in major European countries today. LG Electronics, a worldwide technology leader in mobile communications unveiled the LG ‘Viewty’, the first handset in LG’s new line of high technology category of handsets at IFA 2007 in August.

NTT DoCoMo to Introduce New Handset-Purchase Methods and Billing Plan
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries (collectively "DoCoMo") announced today two new schemes, called the Value Course and Basic Course, that will package different billing plans and methods for purchasing handsets, beginning with FOMA™ 905i series models that DoCoMo plans to start selling on November 26, 2007.

Sugababes Launch Sexy New Purple Phone for 3
Britain's top girl band Sugababes will be out in force to launch the new purple Sony Ericsson K770i Cyber-shotTM phone, which will be available exclusively on mobile network 3.
Samsung G800: Photographer’s Choice
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. officially announced the launch of the Samsung G800, world’s first 5 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom today. With the debut of the Samsung G800, Samsung proved itself as a market innovator, introducing ‘first of its kind’ technology.
Telecom Italia: 3.450 million orders received for mobile phones, over 50% UMTS/HSDPA
Telecom Italia presented its latest range of imminent offers in Berlin, where the company took orders for 3.450 million mobile phones, of which over 50 % were UMTS/HSDPA models. This exceeded the May 2007 Convention, where orders for 3.1 million cellphones were placed.

3 Hong Kong exclusively rolls out revolutionary mobile music service 3 MusicStation Innovative weekly fees
3 Hong Kong today announced that it has partnered with Omnifone, a leading developer of international mobile music services, to exclusively roll out 3 MusicStation to provide unlimited downloads of mobile music.

 
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