IP: Verizon 3G

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/technology/ebusiness/28CELL.html

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Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the United States, is 
expected to announce today the availability of the nation's first 
commercial "third-generation" wireless service, which would provide users 
with fast access to the Internet through cellphones, people close to the 
company said.

It will provide Internet access at speeds up to 144 kilobits a second, more 
than double normal connections.

The debut of third-generation, or 3G, service comes at a delicate time for 
the industry.

For the time being, Verizon Wireless service is expected to resemble other 
wireless Internet technologies and services available from its rivals, AT&T 
Wireless (news/quote) and Cingular Wireless.

Rather than focusing mainly on data services available on the tiny screens 
of cellphones, as carriers in Japan and South Korea have done, Verizon 
Wireless will probably try to sell its services to customers who want 
mobile Internet connections on laptop computers.

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