Only mobile gamers will have the ability to be a virtual Ethan Hunt when mobile game giant Gameloft unleashes “Mission: Impossible 3″ across 150 carriers in May, coinciding with the worldwide rollout of the Tom Cruise thriller.

Telecommunications executives are banking on big revenue increases during the next few years from new mobile phone services, but getting customers to pay more may not be so easy, according to a report released on Monday.

Vodafone has 170,000 3G customers in Ireland, according to executives at the Irish operator. This is 8.5 per cent of its total Irish subscriber base, which is estimated at 2 million.

Orange is trying to simplify its corporate mobile data tariffs by merging charges for international roaming calls, data and text into a single monthly pricing plan. Meanwhile, rival operator 3 has launched its first 3G data card for notebook PCs.

Russia could start issuing licenses for 3G standard mobile communication services in 2006, Information Technologies & Communications Minister Leonid Reyman said at a press conference on Monday.