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| 3G Deployment Update |
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3G was envisioned as the technology
that would help wireless carriers reduce their dependence
on voice services, and transition to a new data-centric
world. Afterall, the wired world had made the transition
to the Internet in a big way, why not wireless as well?
The problem was, deploying successful wireless highspeed
services has proved much more challenging than anticipated.
Early 3G technology was buggy, handsets very expensive,
and the battery life of these handsets was very short,
with less than an hour of talk-time in some cases.
Still, carriers deployed 3G systems, first in Japan
and Korea, and then in the rest of the world, with new
deployments occuring somewhere in the world almost every
day.
This 3G deployment report tracks and lists 3G deployments
(both CDMA2000 EV-DO and WCDMA) by technology, date of
deployment and country. Included for each deployment is
the date in which the technology was made commercially
available, as well as information on the carrier's 3G
infrastructure provider and the amount of any 3G contracts
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Introduction
- 3G Obstacles
- Will 3G Carriers
Give Customers What They Want?
- What Went Right
& Wrong?
- Going To The
EDGE and Back
- HSDPA The Need
For Speed
- 3G Deployments
By Date
- 3G Deployments
By Technology
- 3G Deployments
By Country
- Conclusion
- Table 1. 3G Deployments
2001 to June 6, 2004
- Table 2. 3G Deployments
June 16, 2004 - February 4, 2005
- Table 3. 3G Systems
Not Yet Commercial
- Table 4. CDMA2000
EV-DO Operators
- Table 5. WCDMA
Operators
- Table 6. 3G Deployments
By Country
- Figure 1. New and
Cumulative 3G Deployments (Deployments)
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