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Monday, April 10, 2006
The future is HSDPA, maybe
Quote: Subscribers wishing to use the faster service need a new handset or computer data card.
The majority of subscribers in Europe still have GPRS phones, and most don't even use that functionality. HSDPA could be the ice breaker for data services, but then fees need to be sensible. E.g. downloading a song should not cost anything on top of the price of the individual song or the subscription.
HSDPA could actually rival WLAN-based hot spots, unless WiMAX comes a-knocking.
CORRECTED-Operators move swiftly to speed 3G networks - Yahoo! News
The majority of subscribers in Europe still have GPRS phones, and most don't even use that functionality. HSDPA could be the ice breaker for data services, but then fees need to be sensible. E.g. downloading a song should not cost anything on top of the price of the individual song or the subscription.
HSDPA could actually rival WLAN-based hot spots, unless WiMAX comes a-knocking.
CORRECTED-Operators move swiftly to speed 3G networks - Yahoo! News
