In part, this is due to stronger growth and windfalls for governments from the sale of third-generation mobile-telephone licences.
Because its technology underlies the third-generation mobile-phone standard, Qualcomm has become a toll bridge that all equipment-makers must cross.
"As we look beyond third-generation mobile phones, it's not just higher capacity, higher data rates we should consider, " Da Silva said.
The importance of wireless internet services is expected to grow dramatically when companies introduce third-generation mobile phones in a few years time.
But the real leap will come in two years' time with the introduction of third-generation mobile phones, allowing much faster Internet connections.
In 2000 he agreed to build 3 Scandinavia, a provider of third-generation mobile-phone services, in a joint venture with Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa.
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Firms making third-generation mobile phones want their receivers to be highly frequency selective, so they can cope with their allotted frequency band without suffering from interference.
Indeed, the influence of Vodafone AirTouch may be enough to resolve a rumbling trade dispute between America and Europe over setting the technical standards for third-generation mobile.
Ministers claim proudly that Britain is holding the first auction in the world for third-generation mobile phone licences, and that many other countries are studying Britain's approach.
That will be especially useful over the next few years, with the arrival of third-generation mobile networks able to carry large amounts of data and provide high-speed Internet access.
This nation of 89 million people has a relatively low 27 million Internet users but does rank up there with 66 million mobile phone subscribers, as newly launched third-generation mobile service begins to take off.
Investors have blamed Mr Sommer for an expensive acquisition spree and for overspending on third-generation mobile phone licences - moves which saddled the company with big debts and caused its share price to drop sharply.
This will help SPH - which owns large stakes in Singapore Cable Vision and cellular phone company M1 - deliver multi-media content to PCs and bring data to handheld devices like Palm Pilots and third-generation mobile phones.
The irony is that, while the world's telecoms firms spend a fortune building third-generation mobile-phone networks, even though they are not sure that anybody wants them, in many parts of the world they seem unable or unwilling to provide broadband connections at reasonable prices, even though customers want them.
Six weeks after Nievert succeeded Jan-ke Kark, Telia failed to win a licence in its home market to supply third-generation (3G) mobile-phone services.
He spent euro33 billion acquiring VoiceStream, the sixth-largest of America's big cell-phone operators, and a further euro8 billion on 3G (third generation) mobile-phone licences from European governments.
All the excitement here in Japan about high-speed, third generation mobile phones was followed by service delays, glitchy phones and big disappointment.
The cellular telecommunications industry is entering a period of transition from aging, analog-era transmission technology to high-speed "third-generation" (3G) mobile networks.
Nearly two-thirds of Korean mobile phone users have shifted to so-called third-generation handsets that offer speeds up to ten times that of mobiles in the U.S. Here, residential broadband isn't expected to enter 50% of homes until late 2004.
By the time full-fledged third-generation services start, many of Europe's mobile operators will have gone bust or merged.
The Mogul doesn't look quite as futuristic or elegant as the iPhone, but it has some features Apple's phone lacks, like a removable battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for thumbing messages, access to a "third-generation" (3G) Internet connection for fast mobile Web access and downloadable software applications that let you turn your smart phone into a mini computer.
Set to splurge on developing its fixed-line and third-generation wireless services, the firm aims to staunch the loss of market share to China Mobile.
Third-generation services are intended to provide users with greater capabilities including video and much faster internet access from their mobile phones.
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