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To: foundation who wrote (30574)	12/31/2002 2:34:55 PM
From: foundation	Respond to of 196562

Hutchison delay 3G launch until March December 31, 2002 Three, formerly Hutchison 3G, may not launch commercial 3G services in the UK until March next year reported the Independent. The operator has admitted it is facing technical difficulties with its network but is doing everything it can to rollout its 3G network as quickly as possible. After further research, 3GNewsroom.com has learned that Carphone Warehouse, which has signed a retail agreement deal with Three, expects to sell 3G handsets and services from Three in either February or March next year. Mobile phone retailer Phone4u also said 3G handsets from Three are due in March but the service would not be up to 3G standard, more like 2.5G and added that the coverage is not expected to be extensive. Three was convinced in October that they would be able to have paying customers by the end of this year. Retail outlets of Three were planned to open in November but were postponed because no 3G service was available. The operator has announced 3 handsets for the launch and outlined the price of monthly tariffs, £59.99 a month for the cheapest tariff and £99.99 a month being the most expensive. Three has no existing customer base in the UK and its business plan rests on being the first in the UK to launch 3G. Rival operator Vodafone plans to launch 3G in mid- 2003 and Orange expects to offer 3G service in late 2003. 3gnewsroom.com ========== ROTFLMAO! Hutch and JPhone join FOMA in the toilet. "..but the service would not be up to 3G standard, more like 2.5G.." More GPRS on overpriced, buggy 3G handsets.. in the Sonera tradition? Time for new wCDMA test scripts? What's another 18 months? The 3GSM World Congress at Cannes in February will be a real blast................... for Irwin Jacobs. Perhaps the Congress can simply drop the "3" and lock the doors.