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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