Timeline for 3G rollout.
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stockhouse.ca
StockHouse: The last thing I wanted to ask you about is the timeline for 3G communications. It seems to be edging closer and closer, as companies such as Motorola announce their GPRS product. Is 3G close on the horizon, or just another hype-filled mirage?
Seybold: In the US, it's going to be very slow to come. It's already being deployed in Japan, but it's not the same standard as in Europe. I see it happening in Japan, Asia, in Europe.
Dewey: If you want to be aggressive in the terminology, Qualcomm calls it CDMA 2000, 1X, third generation. They're putting that in, probably, by the end of this year. It's really a semantics game.
Seybold: If a data rate of 144 Kb per second per cell site is considered 3G, then it's going to happen next year. If 3G is 384 Kb and above, then we're still three, four years away. If you say it's the standard that everybody's moving to and when is that standard going to happen, it's three years or more away....
Mark MeWurdz
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