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To: limtex who wrote (11164)5/31/2000 10:31:00 AM
From: cfoe  Read Replies (2) of 13582
 
limtex - To respond to your request here is what I noted re: post 1148 vs. the Register article on GPRS.

Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services and Nokia have announced two milestones in high-speed mobile communications: the successful completion of all 3rd Generation (3G) trials I read this as GPRS.

and the provision of Hong Kong's first commercially-available 43.2 kbit/s High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) service. At the risk of showing my lack of technical know-how, this speed appears to be consistent with the 39k per the Register article.

Following the completion of the first phase of basic functional trials in February, the second phase 3G trials involved more intensive testing of 3G WCDMA to determine the experimental system's advanced technology and features, such as power control and handover capabilities. During the trials, data calls with bit rates up to 384 kbit/s were successfully made. This sounds like "in the lab" results that were also mentioned in the Register article.

With this launch of Hong Kong's first HSCSD service at a speed of 43.2 kbit/s, mobile data service customers can enjoy high-speed data transmission when using appropriate card phone models connected to a designated dial-up number. 1X promises 64k and HDR 1meg to 2.3 meg. It looks like we shall soon see which of these technologies succeeds.

Overall, given the news in the Register (and assuming it is correct), I am not surprised to see a "positive" announcement from the NOK side come out so quickly.


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