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To: M. Charles Swope who wrote (98037)	4/25/2001 12:01:53 AM
From: Rick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

"When a company gets so far down the road that full page ads are already published announcing a release, there is a lot of temptation to tell yourself that the problems aren't that serious, we'll fix them in the next version, what the hell, let it go." Which is just what they did. Only they covered themselves by labelling the May start as more trials. You can't complain if trials have problems can you? To:engineer who wrote (10165) From: JGoren Tuesday, Apr 24, 2001 1:08 AM Respond to of 10223 DoCoMo Denies the First Introduction of 3G Service to be Delayed 04/23/2001 Dow Jones Business News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo Inc. Tuesday denied reports in several local newspapers that the company will postpone its scheduled rollout of its third-generation mobile-phone service to October from the end of May. "Those reports are completely wrong," said spokesman Pat Kuwahata. "We are not delaying or postponing our 3G service. We'll launch our new 3G service on May 30." His remarks came after the Nikkei Shimbun and other newspapers reported that DoCoMo will push back its planned rollout of its 3G service because of technical problems. Mr. Kuwahata said DoCoMo will launch an "introductory" 3G service at the end of May to make sure that the initial phase of the service operates without communications glitches and software bugs. "We are aiming to provide a 100%-guaranteed service to the public," he added. DoCoMo then plans to steadily expand the "introductory" 3G service until the end of September and launch a full-fledged commercial service in October, Mr. Kuwahata said. "Our president, Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, will hold a press conference within three days to formally announce the launch of our 3G service," he added. DoCoMo has said it will roll out its 3G service in Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki. It is targeting 150,000 subscribers for its 3G service in the first year of operation. The rollout, which is the world's first commercial 3G service, is taking place a year before European operators and perhaps several years ahead of U.S. networks. The 3G networks will provide high-speed Internet access and allow wireless videoconferencing and a host of other applications. However, there are skeptics about the cost and need of 3G service. The 3G skeptics cite recent technical advances that allow data-hungry services, such as video, to be added to the current 2G network at a much lower cost. Upgraded 2G networks can handle "80% of all services people have been listing for 3G ," Fraser Curley, a cellphone specialist with consulting firm Arthur D. Little, told The Wall Street Journal recently. In addition, doubts have arisen about the capabilities of the 3G technology itself. Copyright (c) 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Message 15708006