Mobile operator strategies - 09/01/07

China' s major telecom operators may need to quickly raise as much as $13bn to build and maintain the required 3G new networks.

Verizon will launch mobile TV service, V Cast Mobile TV, over Qualcomm' s MediaFLO network in the first quarter. The service will be supported with the LG VX9400 handset, the latest breakthrough in mobile entertainment technology.

Mobitel Slovenia plans to upgrade its GSM/ GPRS and UMTS networks respectively to EDGE and HSDPA.