EDGE is only a matter of narrow band operators needing to compete with those with wide band WCDMA licenses.
That is, EDGE is is inevitable.
Tropian have one thing right, it is only a question of RF technology in base stations.
However, they got one thing wrong, that Nokia has pointed out, that dynamic, adaptive power and cellular(sic,fart), mobile(shxt) system capabilities will ease those demands on the linearity, etc of base station RF parts.
Handsets are a piece of cake anyway, as long as few need to transmit steaming videos while going full speed along the autobahn. (I understand the sexual stimulus of that, but my guess is that the paying audience is fairly scarce, and have no way of detecting a real realtime video from a premade thing, just like the doctor in cannes)
Similar steaming demands on trains, regular finnish or japanese bullet ones, can be taken care of by regular hierarchical systems, even WLAN and bluetooth.
Ilmarinen
Still believing that regular human-to-human touch is sexier than moving pictures in the privacy of ones home, car or train, handsfree or not, illegal or not in NY.
Btw, New York named after york named after jorvik and jorvas just outside helsinki. (that's where you go if you mess up with above aspects of life) |