Linked by David Adams on Wed 25th Sep 2002 15:53 UTC
The information that I could find on the web about Sprint's new '3G' high-speed data service was a little short on solid information, so I spoke with Kevin Packingham, Senior Manager of Business Marketing for SprintPCS' new Vision service. I sought him out because Ubiquitous, affordable high speed wireless data services are something of a holy grail for tech-savvy road warriors like myself, so I received each morsel of information about Sprint's new service with great interest. Mr. Packingham spoke over the phone and he clarified many of the questions that I had about the new service.
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America, inc? well the country is run by coporations so i guess that is fair. But the hype that Europe and Japan have put up about 3G and their alleged "superiority" is just sickening. yes they are ahead in implementation but not in technology and the hype is just irritating. Look at korea. They are kicking Europe's and Japan's rear in style.They say little and do a lot. I respect that enormously. I just wish European and japanese wireless interests would do the same. the constant hype is like water torture.
interesting factuiod. the wireless business model is accelerated when you operate in high-density areas, like Europe and japan. High density gives you a quicker ROI and the entire cycle goes quicker. This IMHO is one of the reasons why wireless implementation is moving so quickly in Europe and Japan. There are obviously lots of others. Other interesting factuoid. Japan has several competing non-compatible technologies yet penetration is high. So much for the US is behind becuase we have competing technologies. Other factuoid, unlimited local calling plans in the US have historically been far cheaper then those in japan and Europe. That means that the price difference between cell phones service and local service (per minute use) in the US is comparatively larger than in other places.
Back to the story.
Japanese and European companies do a lot of innovative research in wireless. Yes. agree there. For example, alcatel came up with the first GSM direct conversion radio though it didn't really work very well.
Still when you look at the breakthroughs, the things i mentioned above. they are not coming from Europe or Japan.
nonetheless, i have lots of respect for the work being done in Japan and Europe. Much of it is also very impressive.I just wish they'd turn off the hype machine.