Logica will be able to show European operators the kind of access that millions of Japanese subscribers have been enjoying for some while - including colour screens and live access to Japanese sites designed for i-mode," says Gerry McKenna, COO of...
After all, lots of customers buying even tiny applications and data downloads over the air might fill the pipes just as nicely. Network operators and handset and infrastructure vendors have all bet the business on the premise that users can be...
As yet, there are no indications from Nokia on price but it is likely to be a high-end device costing at least E300, including some subsidies from operators. For that amount, users could alternatively buy a Game Boy (for about E100), a medium...
What will be crucial to take up is price - although 3G will be more pervasive than wireless, it will only be able to command a sensible premium - otherwise people will focus on wireless connectivity and only use 3G for specific applications and to...
There are many operators testing the technology but the trials haven't been very successful. I think WiMax raises a lot of interest because it promises to solve some of the limitations of wi-fi but in the short and medium term WiMax is unlikely to...
Stuart Carlaw, ABI's director of wireless research, said: "From a pure coverage perspective WiMax is twice as energy-cost-effective and metro wi-fi is 50 times more energy-cost-effective than WCDMA [a 3G network protocol].