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IP: anyone got a clearly articulated business case for 3G?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 16:35:17 -0400
From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> 3G operators in throwback to bad old brick days Gloom has set in over the new technology for mobile phones, write Christopher Brown-Humes and Caroline Daniel The Financial Times Published: September 2 2001 16:27GMT | Last Updated: September 2 2001 16:35GMT Ever smaller, sleeker and cheaper mobile phones have been the trend of the last few years. But it may be time to think again. When third-generation (3G) handsets offering features such as fast internet access reach the market in two years time, they are unlikely to look anything like today's neat models - at least not at the outset. --SNIP-- Bleakest of all may be the predicament of some of the content providers - the very companies whose products may be needed to help generate excitement about the mobile internet. Many of them are likely to run out of finance well before 3G takes off. --SNIP-- http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=125256324&i=386122&d=1725352 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com, Prague CZ * tel/mobil +420 (0)603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html
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