IP: Vodafone says its 3G services will fall short

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

One hates to say I told you so :-) djf

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> Vodafone says its 3G services will fall short
> By Dan Roberts, Telecoms Correspondent
> Published: September 6 2001 20:22
> The Financial Times
>
> Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone operator, has warned that its
> third generation networks will not be able to offer much-heralded multimedia
> services when launched next year.
>
> Vodafone has spent approximately £13bn ($14.5bn) on a dozen 3G European
> licences, but in recent days has told City of London analysts that the
> technology remains too slow and expensive for users to receive live video or
> music clips. Instead the telecoms group will guarantee access to the
> internet only at data speeds which fall below the internationally-agreed
> standard definition of 3G services.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> The British operator intends to configure its network to guarantee data
> speeds of 64,000 bits per second, which is sufficient to improve the quality
> of existing text-messaging services and basic text-based internet
> information.
>
> However, the speed is far below what is commonly required for good quality
> moving pictures or sound files. Still pictures will also take up to 12
> seconds to download, according to research by investment bank Morgan
> Stanley.
>
> --SNIP--
>
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>
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