Why doesn't the cdg.org article consider that
one GSM-GPRS channel only takes 200KHz??
And that handsets will be updated anyway to use
the new data services, and that the bands GSM-900,
1800 and 3G are different anyway??
Without going into the issue of error correction, both
forward and backward, stationary and pedestrian or
even high speed use of data??
And additionally they also fail to mention that EDGE,
like CDMA, needs linear Tx power amplifiers, draining
the battery. (that is, GSM-EDGE can either save or not
power, CDMA cannot)
I.
Hellstrom in English, note the added importance of
GPRS and EDGE as a result of license fees, as well
as manufacturers becoming banks. Also note that
socialist France actually made a smarter solution
than Thatcherism UK. (for the politically interested)
di.se
2000-06-29
Cellular market threatened
by licensing fees
Ericsson CEO Kurt Hellstr”m is concerned that high licensing
fees for the next generation of mobile telephone networks
may stunt the industry's growth in Europe. Suppliers, he
warned, face increased financial risk.
"In principle I had the opinion that the auction of mobile
licenses was quite sound, but the costs proved too high,"
Hellstr”m told DI. The recent UK auction of four 3G licenses
saw the hammer fall at over SEK 300 billion. The impending
auctions in Germany are expect-ed to go even higher. 3G is a
technology that allows broadband speed transmission over
cellular networks.
Hellstr”m does not believe the fees will halt development of
3G, even if technologies unaffected by the auction scheme
may gain a cost advantage. Edge, a GSM-based technological
solution under development, is unencumbered by new licensing
fees. Will mobile network operators pass costs on to
manufacturers?
"That is a certainty, so more creative solutions to
financing will have to be found," replied Hellstr”m,
maintaining that operators and manufacturers will be forced
to share the financial risk. He indicated that so-called pay
as you grow financing is an alternative but it increased the
risk that manufacturers would become too involved in running
telecommunications businesses. |
