IP: Wireless and 20Mbit/Sec in 2006

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Donald Steinbrecher <DSteinbrecher () mintprimary com>
> To: "Rtab (E-mail)" <rtab () metricom com>
> Subject: Wireless and 20Mbit/Sec in 2006
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:01:03 -0500
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> Some players still see an opportunity for high-speed wireless:
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> Technology News
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> 03/17 23:10
> DoCoMo Aims to Start 4G Cellular Service in 2006, Yomiuri Says
> By Yumiko Okamura
> Tokyo, March 18 (Bloomberg) -- NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's largest cellular
> phone company, plans to launch fourth-generation cellular phone services as
> early as 2006, aiming to make the system the world standard, the Yomiuri
> newspaper said, citing unnamed industry sources.
> The 4G cellular phones will let users watch high-resolution movies and
> television programs, the paper said, adding that their maximum data
> transmission speed of more than 20 megabits per second will be 2,000 times
> faster than existing mobile phones and 10 times faster than the high-speed
> mobile phone services, or the so-called third-generation phone service, that
> DoCoMo plans to introduce in May.
>
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