Other technologies proceed by painful lurches—think of third-generation mobile phones, or new versions of Microsoft Windows.

其他技术则往往举步维艰、坎坷难行——看看第三代移动电话或者微软最新版本的视窗操作系统就明白了。

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His biggest passion these days is third-generation mobile telephony, on whose success Hutchison is betting more than any other company in the world.

最近，他对第三代移动通讯业务产生了很大的兴趣，在这个领域，和记黄埔比世界上任何一间公司压得都要多。

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Even the flashy launch of Telstra's advanced third-generation mobile-phone network, completed months ahead of schedule, struck an awkwardly discordant note.

澳洲电信比原计划提前几个月建设完了第三代的先进移动电话通讯网络，但这只是表面文章，于事无补，充其量只是在Trujillo的乐章中奏出个不和谐的音符。

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In part, this is due to stronger growth and windfalls for governments from the sale of third-generation mobile-telephone licences.

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Because its technology underlies the third-generation mobile-phone standard, Qualcomm has become a toll bridge that all equipment-makers must cross.

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"As we look beyond third-generation mobile phones, it's not just higher capacity, higher data rates we should consider, " Da Silva said.

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