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To: Kent Rattey who wrote (9826)	4/14/2001 8:41:39 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Respond to of 196649

I'm quite sure this is the same phone NTT is using, by NEC, and looking good for "03"!!! What a joke. "At the moment the handset is little more than a dummy as there is no network to support it," he said. "We hope by the end of May to hook it up to the network but even at this stage it will be capable of no more than the average two-bob mobile phone." Isle of Man to get world's first internet mobile Source: Independent - London Publication date: 2001-04-14 THE ISLE of Man, which has achieved global fame for its annual motorcycle race, is poised to make digital history by introducing the inaugural new generation mobile phone. The island has become the first place in Europe to take delivery of a single 3G handset and is taking on the technological might of Japan's DoCoMo to become the first to "go live" with broadband technology. The third-generation mobile phone is considered revolutionary because it will make the internet mobile by delivering high-speed data to phones thanks to large capacity. Manx Telecom is wholly owned by BT which chose the island as a testing ground for the new network because the presence of 75,000 inhabitants offered a "controlled testing environment". The local government has helped by waiving the broadband licence to promote innovation. Engineers are adapting telephone masts in a bid meet a May deadline to make the world's first 3G telephone call. Data services - including video clips and online games - will not be available until late summer. Manx Telecom's chief executive Chris Hall said: "To have the opportunity to hold the first handset to arrive in Europe is exciting. We see this as very important to the industry." But a spokesman for BT tried to play down the race to reach the digital milestone against the Japanese - who he admitted were slightly ahead at this stage. "At the moment the handset is little more than a dummy as there is no network to support it," he said. "We hope by the end of May to hook it up to the network but even at this stage it will be capable of no more than the average two-bob mobile phone." Due to production teething troubles, the new handsets are not expected to be commercially available until 2003 which has frustrated large European telecom firms who have paid a small fortune for licences. Shares in telecoms firms have plunged as concerns mount about the huge borrowings made to finance the new technology. Some industry analysts believe that the 3G race represents the biggest corporate gamble since the building of the railways. Publication date: 2001-04-14 © 2001, YellowBrix, Inc.