Chaz,
<< "Very soon" might be just a bit ahead of reality >>
2001?
<< you follow GSM closely Eric, could you tell me if the final specifications are yet agreed to? >>
I know that you have seen this release below. My interpretation was and is that Release 99 allows manufacturers to start to design to standardized (as opposed to a nonstandardized) version of WCDMA. Comments from you and others welcome on this.
3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP) APPROVES RELEASE 99 SPECIFICATIONS
IN RACE TOWARDS GLOBAL STANDARD FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
Nice, France, 17 December 1999 – Standards bodies from China, Europe, Japan, Korea and the United States today agreed upon a set of specifications for 3rd Generation Mobile communications. At the invitation of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, over 400 of the world's leading mobile communications experts gathered in Nice, France, at a meeting of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to approve "Release 99", the comprehensive set of 300 specifications which will enable the launch of third generation (3G) mobile communications.
Complete text at:
3gpp.org
<< since Tero"s key test is commercial operation, is WCDMA in commercial operation anywhere in the world? >>
No.
<< is there a terminal that doesn't require a truck to transport it? >>
LOL! There will be a commercial launch time.
<< whether WCDMA is properly described as GSM is an interesting question, since it is CDMA in its airface >>
UTRA is the CDMA air interface of UTMS. I am more intersted in the standardized or soon to be standardized versions of 3G than the nonstandardized versions.
Although a bit dated I have not seen anything in print that contradicts this below. Have You? -
"Confident that their network will ultimately be fully compliant with ETSI standards, Mr. Kuramoto reassured that they are even prepared to regress to make modifications in their network if necessary. "We are projecting, though, that this will not entail any hardware modifications; we can cope with any changes through software modifications."
nokia.com
- Eric - |
