IP: anyone got a clearly articulated business case for 3G?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> 3G operators in throwback to bad old brick days
>
> Gloom has set in over the new technology for mobile phones,
> write Christopher Brown-Humes and Caroline Daniel
> The Financial Times
> Published: September 2 2001 16:27GMT | Last Updated: September 2 2001
> 16:35GMT
>
> Ever smaller, sleeker and cheaper mobile phones have been the trend of the
> last few years. But it may be time to think again.
>
> When third-generation (3G) handsets offering features such as fast internet
> access reach the market in two years time, they are unlikely to look
> anything like today's neat models - at least not at the outset.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> Bleakest of all may be the predicament of some of the content providers -
> the very companies whose products may be needed to help generate excitement
> about the mobile internet.
>
> Many of them are likely to run out of finance well before 3G takes off.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=125256324&i=386122&d=1725352
>
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