DS Forums

 
 

Cable & Wireless UK GSM Network Planned?


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 27-08-2008, 05:04
pje1979
Guest
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,568

I see GSM World have Cable & Wireless listed as a planned UK GSM network. Anyone know what it's all about? Are they going to be wholesaling or are they going into the retail market?

http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_gb.shtml
pje1979 is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 27-08-2008, 05:06
sjc2007
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 4,020
Good lord
sjc2007 is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 27-08-2008, 09:57
Widdy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Yorkshire, UK
Posts: 1,955
I believe this is the new FMC service. At home your mobile uses your home landline, when you step outside the call switches to the GSM networks. aparently even mid-call.
Widdy is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 27-08-2008, 11:13
Darobi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: North Notts
Posts: 4,090
Not a public service. Part of a full package offered to business's to converge there communications setups into one provider.
Darobi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27-08-2008, 16:01
pje1979
Guest
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,568
Ah I see thanks for the info.
pje1979 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27-08-2008, 21:15
digimon900
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pennsylvania USA
Posts: 3,830
I believe this is the new FMC service. At home your mobile uses your home landline, when you step outside the call switches to the GSM networks. aparently even mid-call.
Known as "Rabbit" in the olden days!
Anyone remember Rabbit?
digimon900 is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 27-08-2008, 21:24
blueacid
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,536
Not a public service. Part of a full package offered to business's to converge there communications setups into one provider.
Surely it'd be far far cheaper to become an MNVO? I mean, three have been building their network since around 2002 (or even earlier!) and they still don't have anything like the coverage of the 2G networks.
blueacid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-08-2008, 04:00
pje1979
Guest
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,568
Surely it'd be far far cheaper to become an MNVO? I mean, three have been building their network since around 2002 (or even earlier!) and they still don't have anything like the coverage of the 2G networks.
That's what I thought. Just think of the cost and time needed to roll out a network.
pje1979 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-08-2008, 07:42
prking
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Weston-super-Mare
Posts: 9,167
But the "network" will only cover the client company's site. When on-site, employee's handsets will roam onto the company network.
prking is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-08-2008, 09:35
Darobi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: North Notts
Posts: 4,090
But the "network" will only cover the client company's site. When on-site, employee's handsets will roam onto the company network.
correct.

As for 2g to 3g coverage.

GSM upto 20-30KM, 3G upto 5-10 on a good day!!

Of the big 5 Three have the largest 3G network for obvious reasons.

The rest have an automatic 2g to fall back on. Three roam back to Orange.

2G is also running out of time on the licences, so some of them had best pull their finger out.
Darobi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-08-2008, 13:57
blueacid
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,536
But the "network" will only cover the client company's site. When on-site, employee's handsets will roam onto the company network.
Ohhhhh okay! Gotcha
blueacid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-08-2008, 18:24
Methuselah Now
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,597
Hi,


But what's the point?


As for the Rabbit reference, how history repeats itself - How could Barclays/hutchinson/BAE do something in the early-90's/late-80's that people/telco's are getting excited about now?

Also, I remember Eckoh (earlier in its life) in the late-90's doing this with just such an MVNO/Bundled model for the business market.


Kind regards,


MN
Methuselah Now is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-08-2008, 22:38
agent_c
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: This side of the screen.
Posts: 910
Hi,


But what's the point?


As for the Rabbit reference, how history repeats itself - How could Barclays/hutchinson/BAE do something in the early-90's/late-80's that people/telco's are getting excited about now?
Price of the technology coming down.
agent_c is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-08-2008, 07:48
prking
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Weston-super-Mare
Posts: 9,167
Its all to do with cost. Installing a fixed line system on a large site is very expensive and then further costs when in use.
prking is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:58.