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Cable & Wireless UK GSM Network Planned?
pje1979
27-08-2008
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
sjc2007
27-08-2008
Good lord
Widdy
27-08-2008
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.
Darobi
27-08-2008
Not a public service. Part of a full package offered to business's to converge there communications setups into one provider.
pje1979
27-08-2008
Ah I see thanks for the info.
digimon900
27-08-2008
Originally Posted by Widdy:
“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?
blueacid
27-08-2008
Originally Posted by Darobi:
“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.
pje1979
28-08-2008
Originally Posted by blueacid:
“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.
prking
28-08-2008
But the "network" will only cover the client company's site. When on-site, employee's handsets will roam onto the company network.
Darobi
28-08-2008
Originally Posted by prking:
“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.
blueacid
28-08-2008
Originally Posted by prking:
“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
Methuselah Now
28-08-2008
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
agent_c
28-08-2008
Originally Posted by Methuselah Now:
“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.
prking
29-08-2008
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.
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