If you have been reading technology news lately, you’ll know it’s an unusually busy summer for mobile operators. European and American operators have been launching their much-delayed 3G services. Unfortunately, all of them have decided to price the service way beyond what a lot of people are willing to pay for slow 200 kbps connections. Is this a way to If you have been reading technology news lately, you’ll know it’s an unusually busy summer for mobile operators. European and American operators have been launching their much-delayed 3G services. Unfortunately, all of them have decided to price the service way beyond what a lot of people are willing to pay for slow 200 kbps connections. Is this a way to get customers?
When the mobile operators paid billions for their 3G licenses, they did not foresee the rise of Wi-Fi, an alternative wireless network to carry data (and now voice) traffic. By the time they got around to launching 3G service, this is what the world has come to look like: there are thousands of hotspots and hotzones around the world, voice over IP has become very popular (whether it’s Vonage or Skype) because of its convenience, ease of use and low price and handset operators are about to release Wi-Fi enabled mobile phones. This means that anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled device can do all that calling and data downloading via a cheap wireless broadband network that offers a lot more bandwidth.
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I am a guest blogger on the Industry Standard this week and posted the following articles:
When 3G meets Wi-Fi
What’s wrong with Wi-Fi access in Europe
Journalists vs. bloggers: is that really so?
Google IPO: is the party about to begin again?
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