* Total Mobile Subscriptions ( 2G + 3G + 3. 5G ): 6, 414, 800 ( March 2009 )

In India BSNL has started its 3G services since October 2009 beginning with the larger cities and then expanding over to smaller cities.

Under the terms of a provisional exception, valid from 2006 until 2009, tie-in sales were permitted with 3G handsets, and 3G equipment which is purchased under such tie-in sales may be SIM-locked.

It has an all-seated capacity of 10, 171 and at the end of the 2009 – 10 season, a new 3G artificial surface was installed.

On 7 January 2009, China Unicom was awarded WCDMA license to expand its business to 3G telecommunication.

On 7 January 2009, China Telecom was awarded CDMA 2000 license to expand its business to 3G telecommunication.

On January 7, 2009, China granted a TD-SCDMA 3G licence to China Mobile.

The license included an exclusive two-year agreement for 3G services provisioning, but in Sep 2009 the licence was revoked and given to its local partner, Tamin Telecom.

In April 2009 JT announced its 3G 7 • 2Mbit / s mobile broadband service.

* Apple " iOS 3. 0 " launch ( 17 March 2009 ): While demonstrating cut and paste features on the iPhone 3G, Scott Forstall is seen creating an email which shows the times of a flight he has booked on Oceanic Flight 815.

In 2009, it was reported that Orange may apply for MTNL 3G ( Jadoo ) franchise deal.

At the end of the 2009 – 10 season, a new 3G artificial surface was installed.

Antinucci made his IndyCar Series debut on July 5, 2009 driving for Team 3G at Watkins Glen International.

DiGi has a 3G network branded as Turbo 3G which was launched on December 2009.

In 2009, he will run full-time as part of new team 3G Racing, which is owned by Greg Beck and Steve Sudler, in the IndyCar Series, while continuing to run select some Nationwide and Sprint cup races.

Scheckter was reported to be joining Beck Motorsports, now renamed Team 3G, starting at the 2009 Long Beach race, but the deal never materialized.

* In 2009, SaskTel began construction of a new $ 172 million Universal Mobile Telecommunications System ( UMTS ) / High Speed Packet Access ( HSPA +) wireless network, which would give Sasktel a 3G + Network and hold 98 % of the population of Saskatchewan under its coverage.

* 2009, July, Avea successfully started 3G services.

Late 2009 MetroPCS launched their 3G network.

In 2009, he hosted Bravo's coverage of the 2009 Kentucky Oaks.

In September 2009 Moldova became the first country in the world to launch high-definition voice services ( HD voice ) for mobile phones, and the first country in Europe to launch 14. 4 Mbit / s mobile broadband at a national scale, with over 40 % population coverage.

It was announced on 15 November 2009, that Benaud had signed a three-year agreement with the Nine Network to continue being part of their cricket coverage until 2013, although his role would change from that of ball-by-ball commentary.

Between 2007 and 2009 all three Finnish carriers begun to use 900 MHz UMTS in a shared arrangement with its surrounding 2G GSM base stations for rural area coverage, a trend that is expected to expand over Europe in the next 1 – 3 years.

She later received extensive media coverage during her battle with cervical cancer, from which she died in 2009.

At a 28 May 2009 meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia, it was stated that the 2008 format of one ski jump hill followed by the 10 km cross country skiing event passed the test, resulting in a doubling of television coverage from the previous season.

* Special Olympics Live Internet video coverage of the 2009 Special Olympics games.

* 2009: Staff of The New York Times, " for its swift and sweeping coverage of a prostitution scandal that resulted in the resignation of Gov.

Also in May 2009 the paper relaunched as the London Evening Standard with a new layout and masthead, marking the occasion by giving away 650, 000 free copies on the day, and refreshed its sports coverage.

C-SPAN has also carried CBC ’ s coverage of major events affecting Canadians, including: Canadian federal elections, key proceedings in Canadian Parliament, Six days in September 2000 that marked the death and state funeral of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the power outage crisis in summer 2003, U. S. presidential elections ( e. g. in 2004, C-SPAN picked up The National the day after the election for the view from Canadians ), state visits and official visits of American presidents to Canada, and Barack Obama inauguration in 2009.

* E3 2009 coverage: 1UP, E3coverage. com, G4, Gamespot, IGN, Joystiq, UGO E3. net

TNT's coverage of the 2009 NBA playoffs earned the highest first-round ratings ever for a cable television channel.

In July 2009 CCTV expanded its coverage and target audience by launching CCTV-العربية, its international channel in Arabic language.

In 2009 a house on West Heath Avenue was used by TV show The X Factor for the contestants and received press coverage after it was mobbed by fans.

* Mountains: Nationally designated protected areas cover 14. 3 % of the world ’ s mountain areas, and these mountainous protected areas made up 32. 5 % of the world ’ s total terrestrial protected area coverage in 2009.

In November 2009, it announced the closure of its U. S. regional bureaus — Chicago, Los Angeles and New York — as part of an increased focus on " political stories and local news coverage in Washington.

In 2009 Freeview coverage increased: The south-west of England switched to digital between April and August ; Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway and the Isle of Man switched in June.

The BBC reported from Baarle as part of their coverage of the 2009 European elections.

On October 24, 2009, Montoya was the victim of a racial stereotype during ESPN's coverage of a college football game between Ohio State and Minnesota.

* 2009: The New York Times Staff, " for its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America ’ s deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous conditions.

Under the National Urban Sanitation Policy, Tiruchirappalli, with a sanitation coverage of 70 percent was ranked sixth in India and first in Tamil Nadu on the basis of sanitation for the year 2009 – 10.

In the academic year 2009 / 10 the school is providing financial support for 163 pupils including 11 with 100 % fee coverage and 95 with 50 % fee reduction.

At 5pm ( GMT ) on 20 January 2009, Sky News ' live coverage of the Inauguration of Barack Obama was carried in high definition on Sky Arts HD.

In June 2003, the Maine, USA Legislature passed a comprehensive health insurance plan, granting low-cost coverage available to all state residents by 2009.