Carriers Make 'Super 3G' Plans

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/carriers-make-super-3g-plans-028699.php' target='_blank'>http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/carriers-make-super-3g-plans-028699.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Development of the next round of high-speed wireless data services has officially started, with a new consortium of carriers signing a 'Super 3G' agreement. The new system, planned to be at least 10 times as fast as modern 3G services, should first been seen in testing environments in 2007, with commercial deployments to follow."</i><br /><br />I wonder if anything will come of this especially in North America where it seems this whole high speed thing is kind of sparse and confused in its implementation.

[Kris Kumar]

Was reading a WSJ article on this topic:

Companies taking part in the project will try to raise 3G communication speeds to those obtained by optical fiber 100 megabits per second, or about 2,000 times faster than dial-up modems, Mr. Tsutsui said. 8O

As for deployment, here is one answer:

The companies will work together to come up with a common standard by 2007 and hope to offer the new 3G system by around 2009, Mr. Tsutsui said.

2009? 8O Wow..So by then we will have super-3G and hopefully metro level WiFi or WiMax. Wonder what kind of super-Smartphones we will be carrying?

[Jerry Raia]

Wonder what kind of super-Smartphones we will be carrying?

My guess is the MPx990 superphone with enhanced audio.

[Kris Kumar]

Wonder what kind of super-Smartphones we will be carrying?

My guess is the MPx990 superphone with enhanced audio.

MPx990.....NOOooooooooooo &lt;runOutScreaming>

[Jerry Raia]

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Mr.Phil]

Sounds more like another toothless agreement between carriers. There is of course a "4G" specification under development already. The key line in the article is:

"Existing 3G infrastructure, which has cost phone companies billions in recent years, will need to be upgraded but not replaced"

I suppose one could call this agreement an effort to make sure manufacturers don't require another complete replacement of network infrastructure, like we did to get from 2.5 to 3G.