3 Austria launches Nokia E7-00 Navi edition smartphone
Hutchison 3G Austria (3 Austria) has launched Nokia E7-00 Navi Edition on its network.
The Symbian handset has a 4-in touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard and is targeted at business users.
3 Austria is offering the handset with the free add-on packet ‘MoreEurope Plus’, which includes 200 minutes of calls to fixed and mobile networks within the EU, Turkey and other countries. In addition, it is waiving the US$68.90 connection fee for new subscribers.
Hutchison plans to launch LTE for Austrian network
Hutchison 3G Austria (3) has upgraded half of its network to HSPA+, enabling theoretical peak download rates up to 42Mbps. By autumn 2011, the entire network will offer HSPA+ coverage to 94% of the Austrian population.
Furthermore, 3 is preparing the network for LTE based 4G services, whose launch in urban areas will start later this year.
According to 3 CEO Jan Trionow, it now has the frequencies, the technology and the data transfer rates for optimal use of state-of-the-art smartphones, innovative multimedia services and nationwide high speed broadband Internet. The network upgrade was provided by ZTE.
Hutchison 3G Austria modernizes its network for HSPA+ and LTE
Hutchison 3G Austria is modernizing its radio access network to be ready for HSPA+ and the next generation of mobile broadband, or LTE. At the same time this step will allow the operator to halve the energy consumption of its base stations. Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake this upgrade starting in autumn 2009.
The demand for increased mobile broadband capacity and throughput in Austria is reflected in the increasing usage of data cards and mobile services like Mobile TV, video download or video sharing,†said Berthold Thoma, CEO of Hutchison 3G Austria. Mobile broadband is also one of the most pragmatic solutions to bridging the digital gap between cities and rural areas. For rural areas, mobile broadband coverage is simply less expensive and faster to deploy than fiber to the home†solutions. We hope that with our nationwide coverage we will contribute significantly to this end.†(more…)
Shozu partners 3 Austria
Mobile-Ent writes…Mobile image sharing specialist Shozu has signed Hutchison 3G Austria as its first operator partner.
Shozu’s app will be made available as a free download to the handset from the carrier’s mobile portal and will be pre-installed on selected phones. The UK company sees the deal as an important step in building a mass distribution channel its services.
ShoZu’s one-click ‘Share-It’ lets users upload photos and video clips from their camera phones to 3′s 3FotoAlbum photo community without transferring the files to a computer. The uploads are free of charge as part of the subscriber’s flat-rate data package.
Over the longer term, 3Austria plans to add ShoZu’s ‘ZuCast’ service for automated delivery of rich content directly to the mobile. This technology enables files to be downloaded invisibly in the background without the need to open a browser.
Mobile subscribers today are looking for an easy bridge between their camera phones and the online world. ShoZu offers a fast, user-friendly solution that will be especially attractive for members of our 3FotoAlbum community,??? said Berthold Thoma, CEO of 3Austria.
Dean Wood, senior VP of commercial for ShoZu, said: This is a strong case study to take to the wider Hutchison Telecommunications Group and other carriers around the world.???
ShoZu currently supports 95 handsets, including Symbian and Java devices as well as Microsoft Windows Mobile phones such as the Motorola Q.
