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Friday, November 17, 2006
3 to offer flatrate data subscriptions
At the same time I hear rumors that 3 is about to leave the UK, 3 will offer flatrate subscriptions. That sounds a bit irrational. Anyway...
This is of course good news for users, and is necessary if ever 3G is to become useful. Skype, Sling, Orb, Windows Live Messenger, Google, eBay and Yahoo! are mentioned as supported services, but open access to the Internet is not. Does that mean you can't access any other Web service?
The service is called X-Series and is initially only available on two phones, not because the service itself requires special phones (as far as I understand) but because the Skype client will initially only run on those phones. Why limit X-Series to only phones that can run Skype? Mobile data is certainly not just about free telephony. Again because of a walled garden approach?
Hutchison unveils fixed-line broadband on cell phones - Yahoo! News
Skype Launches Mobile Service - Yahoo! News
3, Oh How You Make Me Feel Conflicted at MobHappy
Hutchison 3G opens the mobile broadband faucet | InfoWorld | News | | By John Blau, IDG News Service
Skype launches first mobile service | InfoWorld | News | | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Group 3 to launch flat-rate mobile Internet | InfoWorld | News | | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
3 Announces Flat Rate Skype and Media Over 3G (MobileBurn)
This is of course good news for users, and is necessary if ever 3G is to become useful. Skype, Sling, Orb, Windows Live Messenger, Google, eBay and Yahoo! are mentioned as supported services, but open access to the Internet is not. Does that mean you can't access any other Web service?
The service is called X-Series and is initially only available on two phones, not because the service itself requires special phones (as far as I understand) but because the Skype client will initially only run on those phones. Why limit X-Series to only phones that can run Skype? Mobile data is certainly not just about free telephony. Again because of a walled garden approach?
Hutchison unveils fixed-line broadband on cell phones - Yahoo! News
Skype Launches Mobile Service - Yahoo! News
3, Oh How You Make Me Feel Conflicted at MobHappy
Hutchison 3G opens the mobile broadband faucet | InfoWorld | News | | By John Blau, IDG News Service
Skype launches first mobile service | InfoWorld | News | | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Group 3 to launch flat-rate mobile Internet | InfoWorld | News | | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
3 Announces Flat Rate Skype and Media Over 3G (MobileBurn)
