Report Buyer: Decision Time for Mobile Phone Industry Once More.After 3G Mobile, is it HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. or WiMAX? LONDON -- After the mixed fortunes of 3G mobile phones, the mobile phone industry is facing a tough choice on which technology to adopt for the next generation of internet-enabled handsets, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new short report from ReportBuyer.com. New developments for giving mobile phone users internet access See how to access the Internet. and 'data throughput' are following two conflicting routes. The Wi-Fi concept, WiMAX, originally made for computers is super fast at 70 Mbps while HSPDA See HSPA. (high speed downlink packet access), based on cellular phone technology, only offers 3.6 Mbps at best. Mobiles using HSPDA reach the market next year. But the WiMAX method will require huge investment in network infrastructure to achieve its target speeds on a widespread basis. The costs for both the new networks and phones could be prohibitive and yet the consumer's appetite for multimode phones is uncertain, witness Hutchison's 3G operator's HK$ 34.6 billion loss in 2005. What is certain, says the report is that the consumer will expect the best service and not be concerned how the industry got there. It is anticipated that the largest revenue generators in the future will be voice, personalised access to 'infotainment', mobile access to the internet at high speed and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. (multimedia messaging service See MMS. ). Business usage would also increase if phone emails were not restricted to text. 'Beyond 3G Mobile' by Marilyn Saliba, a telecom engineer, gives an overview of the different technologies and whether they might co-exist rather than compete, and considers the other influences on the mobile industry's development such as the regulation by different countries of radio frequency allocation The electromagnetic spectrum is an aspect of the physical world, like land, water, and air. It is a resource, limited by its usability. Use of radio frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum is regulated by governments in most countries, in a process known as , and the future plans of the telecom industry. 'Beyond 3G Mobile' 20 pps, is part of a series of industry reports available as free downloads from new business information provider, ReportBuyer.com launching on 17 January, 2007. http://www.reportbuyer.com/telecoms/mobile/beyond_3g_mobile.html |
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