VIDEO: RCR Wireless Newscast for Monday, June 2

China eyes 3G

The Chinese government finally announced plans to roll out 3G technology in the world’s largest and fastest-growing cellphone market. And it’s about time; initially, people thought the licenses would be handed out in 2003. Now, nearly 5 years later, the government is ready. But it’s still not going to come easy: the country’s telecom sector has to be completely restructured first.

Mobile marketing

Advertising Age, a sister publication of RCR Wireless News, checks in with the latest advertising tactics using cellphones.

What to do with the D Block?

Public comments have begun to roll in on what the FCC should do with the D Block. The 20 megahertz of D Block spectrum only got one bid during the FCC’s 700 MHz auction, and now the government is trying to figure out what to do with the spectrum.

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