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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (7425)	6/25/2004 9:00:52 AM
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Hi Frank, How much fiber does Germany have devoted to FTTH? Are you saying 100,000 miles, with all else going to non-FTTH uses? I picked up the "100,000 miles" from the DT stats page quoted in #reply-20225674 - they are called "outside plant network in Germany", so no FTTx. Whose (which SP's) 3G UMTS offerings are you referring to, and would you mind giving some additional data concerning what speeds they offer and how much they charge? UMTS is offered by T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus; O2 will follow soon. The theoretical data transmission rate is 384 kBit/s. In a test I have seen downstream measurements between 24-40 KByte/s, upstream 7.2-7.4 KByte/s. Volume charges will be about 10 cent/MByte. The first two UMTS phones offered by T-Mobile are Nokia 7600 and Sharp TM100. What are the highlights being enjoyed as being reported by users? I haven't seen user reports yet but one reviewer liked the download speed, much faster than GPRS in the old GSM networks (40 kBit/s). I guess the most interested users will initially be professionals who require wireless data transmission. That's one reason why Vodafone first introduced UMTS with a PC card, voice will start later. Vodafone offers the Mobile Connect Card by Option (Belgium); E-Plus, O2 and T-Mobile the Merlin U530 by Novatel Wireless (USA).