Live 3G Networks
Here is the list of officially launched WCDMA networks:
NTT DoCoMo, Japan, October 1, 2001
Telenor, Norway, December 1, 2001 *)
Manx Telecom, Isle of Man (UK), December 5, 2001 *)
Europolitan, Sweden, December 31, 2001 *)
Sonera, Finland, January 1, 2002 *)
Radiolinja, Finland, January 3, 2002 *)
Mobilkom, Austria, September 25, 2002; April 25, 2003 Commercial launch
J-Phone, Japan, December 20, 2002
3, UK, March, 2003, soft launch
3, Italy, March, 2003, soft launch
3, Australia, April 15, 2003
Tango, Luxembourg, April 30, 2003
Vodafone, Ireland, May 1, 2003
Hi3G, Sweden, May 5, 2003
3, Austria, May 5, 2003
3, Denmark, October 13, 2003
Vodafone, Germany, December 9, 2003, Data only
Slovene mobile telecommunications, Slovenia, December 10, 2003
O2, Ireland, December 15, 2003
Etisalat, UAE, December 24, 2003
ONE, Austria, December 30, 2003
Vodafone, Portugal, December 31, 2003
Tele.ring, Austria, December 31, 2003
STET Hellas, Greece, January 27, 2004
3, Hong Kong, December 15, 2003 January 27, 2004
Telefónica Móviles, Spain, February 12, 2004
Vodafone, (Germany,) Italy, the Netherlands, (Portugal,) Spain, Sweden and the UK, Over the following four weeks starting from February 12, 2004
T-Mobile, UK, February 16, 2004
TeliaSonera, Sweden, March 10, 2004
Vodafone, UK, April 2, 2004
Proximus, Belgium, April 8, 2004
TMN, Portugal, April 20, 2004
Tele2Comviq, Sweden, June 01, 2004
*) Network started operation to satisfy licensing requirements, in limited areas; beginning of commercial service depends on "handset availability".
Other UMTS network that should have started operation to satisfy licensing requirements:
Netcom, Norway, December 2001
Tele2, Norway, December 2001
Orange Sverige, Sweden, January 2002
Kolmegee, Finland, January 2002
Telia, Finland, January 2002
Here is a good list of CDMA2000 networks:
CDG CDMA Worldwide page
NOTE:
According to EMC [via Northstream] 206 *) GSM operators have launched GPRS services (Data speeds up to 171kbits/s).
*) December 2002 figure
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