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Vodafone sign a deal to begin developing "4G" services
Also known as "Super 3G" to the mobile industry. Taken from BBC News. Quote:
Mobile phone firms and manufacturers, including NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, have joined forces to develop the next generation of high-speed networks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4141715.stm
The technology is intended to be 10 times faster than today's 3G services. Phones and other devices featuring high-resolution movie players and games, as well as related content services, will be created. The deal comes as the sector bids to cut manufacturing and development costs as revenues face competition pressures. The group, which also includes Cingular, Siemens and Alcatel, will work together on the new technology known as "super 3G". DoCoMo said the first stage of development will be completed by 2007, but no date has been set for a commercial launch. Existing 3G infrastructure, which has cost phone companies billions in recent years, will need to be upgraded but not replaced. |
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Here we go again
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Commercial launch will be 2009....then delayed till 2010....then 2015
You get the picture *rolls eyes* |
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Commercial launch will be 2009....then delayed till 2010....then 2015
You get the picture *rolls eyes*
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As long as vodafone keep the customer services uk based I dont care when its launched!
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I think Vodafone are very Newbury and Berkshire orientated though - they have always made it known that they want to keep the whole vodafone company (including Vodafone networks abroad) all UK based.
If I'm not mistaken, I think Vodafone Australia's call centre is over here somewhere? |
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I doubt that very much. By then, customer services will be all over Asia, not just India.
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Great! More languages to learn in order to convey my needs to a UK network!!!
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I think Vodafone are very Newbury and Berkshire orientated though - they have always made it known that they want to keep the whole vodafone company (including Vodafone networks abroad) all UK based.
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If I'm not mistaken, I think Vodafone Australia's call centre is over here somewhere?
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And yet, I'll still want 2G.
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Me too
there is nothing attracting me to 3g as of yet!
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