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3G used to be a lot less powerful in terms of coverage and efficiency a few years back. Some of the biggest nations of the world introduced and launched initial models, then continued to develop the details to further cater to the needs of consumers all over the world. There are approximately 3 billion mobile subscribers in the world, with 3G starting to take a big piece of the pie. Here are some more information about the growth.

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Turkey auctioned 4 IMT 2000/UMTS standard 3G licenses with 25, 35, 40 and 45 MHz top frequencies in November 2009. With the 358-million euro offer by Turkcell, it has availed of the 45 MHz band, followed by Avea and Vodafone leasing the 35 and 40 MHz respectively for 2 decades. The only one available for auction at present is the license for the 25 MHz top frequency.

A 3G video call created from Johannesburg, South Africa via the Vodacom network in November 2004 was the very first use of 3G technology in Africa. EMTEL in Mauritius launched the first commercial 3G in Africa via the W-CDMA standard. In March 2006, a 3G service was given by the emerging company Wana in North African Morocco. 3G HSDPA services was implemented by Rogers Wireless in Eastern Canada as early as 2007 via Rogers Vision. Fido Solutions and Rogers Wireless currently provides 3G service in several urban centers. Read the rest of this entry »

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WATCH THE VIDEO! Augmented Reality (AR) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8193951.stm

Zoe Kleinman tries out software that uses a phone’s camera to tell you where the nearest London Underground station is.

Acrossair processes GPS data and information from an iPhone’s accelerometer – the component that measures the amount that a device is tilted.

It analyses the camera image then tells you which direction to go in to reach the nearest stations.

Augmented reality systems such as this are in their early days but are expected to become increasingly common installations on smartphones.

source BBC

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