Vodafone Group PLC's German mobile unit Vodafone D2 GmbH is to launch tests for selected corporate customers of its third generation UMTS services in the coming weeks, although not with a mobile phone, but with a card that can be slotted into a laptop.

Nortel Networks [NYSE/TSE: NT] has signed a $250m deal to build out 3G networks for Telefonica Moviles SA in Spain and Germany.