"­In an interview, Qualcomm's president for Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, John Stefanac warned that mobile operators face a regulatory regime which is not allocating sufficient radio spectrum for 3G services. Citing a recent example in Indonesia, he told the South China Morning Post that the networks were only granted 5-10Mhz of spectrum each, which is not sufficient to deploy viable 3G services.

He also expects high-speed mobile network penetration in the region to keep increasing in the next two years, as governments in Thailand and Vietnam issue licences for 3G mobile services by the first quarter of next year...."

[Via www.cellular-news.com]