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Espoo, Finland and Geneva, Switzerland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) today announced the closing of their deal, announced on August 8th, to deepen their collaboration on the licensing and supply of integrated circuit designs and modem technologies for 3G and its evolution.

The closing of the multifaceted agreement transfers a core part of Nokia's Integrated Circuit (IC) operations to STMicroelectronics and positions ST to design and manufacture 3G chipsets based on Nokia's modem technologies, energy management and RF (radio frequency) technology and to deliver complete solutions to Nokia and the open market.

Norway based telecom company Telenor is ready to launch its new Turbo-3G service, which should be up to 10 times faster then a regular 3G network.

However, another Norwegian company TeliaSonera has been providing similar services for several months now. Guess now it's Telenor's turn. Turbo-3G will be launched in four largest cities of Norway in November.

Skype in association with Three Mobile will soon release its own branded handset that will use Skype servers to make long-distance and international calls.

The phone will support 3G connectivity and, unfortunately, will only be available in the UK, Italy, Hong Kong and Australia, with no word on the U.

Call it a major victory for WiMAX as a technology and industry.

For the first time, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved a non-cellular telecommunications technology as part of the union's 3G standards.

The decision, made at the ITU's Radiocommunication Sector's (ITU-R) general meeting in Geneva , Switzerland, means operators with 3G spectrum in the 2.

Great news for HSDPA lovers in USA!

Nokia has released a new version of its most advanced handset, the N95-3, which supports U.S. 3G HSDPA bands of 850/1900MHz.

The new model operates on AT&T's 3G network and is currently available in Chicago in "silver/dark sand" color scheme and in New York in "silver/black".

The new Pantech C810 Duo is a dual-slider 3G cell phone, featuring HSDPA connectivity, 1.3Mpix camera, and running on Windows Mobile 6.

It will be available from AT&T later this month for $249.99 after a 2-year contract, though you can already buy it at Amazon.

Nokia 6555 is a new 3G music-phone currently available from AT&T.

It gives users full access to various online multimedia services, such as AT&T's streaming video content and AT&T Mobile Music, which in its turn includes Napster and eMusic, music videos, MusicID song recognition, "The Buzz" music news portal, XM Radio Mobile, and more.

Apparently, Sharp plans to release a new handset in Germany through Vodafone.

The phone is called Sharp 880SH, a 3G slider supporting HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS networks, which means that users will be able watch hi-res QVGA video streams directly on the handset. Other features include a 2.2" QVGA LCD display, 2Mpix photo/video camera, a media player, of course, and FM receiver for more entertainment.

Pantech C810 is the company's second 3G dual-slider phone after Helio Ocean, which will soon be available at AT&T.

The device is quite similar to the previous handset, except that it runs on Windows Mobile 6 OS. It will hit the market in Q4 2007 for $249.99 after a 2-year service agreement.

Nokia has just launched its new 6267 S40-based 3G clamshell media phone.

The handset itself is pretty ugly, but the stuffing is impressive. Nokia 6267 is an easy-to-use, affordable, yet powerful cell phone, which many of you may find interesting.

Nokia 6267 specs:

• Quad-band GSM/EDGE/UMTS (2100MHz/850MHz)
• Dedicated music controls
• 2Mpix photo/video camera
• VGA camera
• MicroSD slot supporting up to 4GB
• Internal display: QVGA 16M color (240x320)
• External display: 262k color (128x160)
• Bluetooth 2.