Research and Markets : Is 3G Going to Be the Way Forward?

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c15190) has announced the addition of 3G Deployment Update to their offering.

Dublin (PRWEB) April 7, 2005 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c15190) has announced the addition of 3G Deployment Update to their offering.

3G was envisioned as the technology that would help wireless carriers reduce their dependence on voice services, and transition to a new data-centric world. Afterall, the wired world had made the transition to the Internet in a big way, why not wireless as well? The problem was deploying successful wireless high-speed services has proved much more challenging than anticipated. Early 3G technology was buggy, handsets very expensive, and the battery life of these handsets was very short, with less than an hour of talk-time in some cases.

Still, carriers deployed 3G systems, first in Japan and Korea, and then in the rest of the world, with new deployments occurring somewhere in the world almost every day.

This 3G deployment report tracks and lists 3G deployments (both CDMA2000 EV-DO and WCDMA) by technology, date of deployment and country. Included for each deployment is the date in which the technology was made commercially available, as well as information on the carrier's 3G infrastructure provider and the amount of any 3G contracts announced.

Chapter Layout:
Executive Summary
Methodology
Introduction
3G Obstacles
Will 3G Carriers Give Customers What They Want?
What Went Right & Wrong?
WCDMA
CDMA2000
Going To The EDGE and Back
HSDPA The Need For Speed
3G Deployments By Date
3G Deployments By Technology
3G Deployments By Country
Conclusion

List of Tables
Table 1. 3G Deployments 2001 to June 6, 2004
Table 2. 3G Deployments June 16, 2004 - February 4, 2005
Table 3. 3G Systems Not Yet Commercial
Table 4. CDMA2000 EV-DO Operators
Table 5. WCDMA Operators
Table 6. 3G Deployments By Country

List of Figures
Figure 1. New and Cumulative 3G Deployments (Deployments)

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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