Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:04:07 PM
Ihavenoidea, here is my 2 cents:
1) Assuming the GSM1X trials are successful and GSM1X is commericalized, would someone explain to me why GSM1X won't be the 3G standards "killer application"?
GSM1x is a GSM upgrade not neccessarily 3G.
2) Chip to big?
Unknown, but QCOM have a single or dual chip solutuin while other chip makers use many chips.
3) No operator interested other than Unicom?
Yes for now, but I hope it will expand to the other 800 million GSM users once it is proven to work.
4) Will a GSM1x phone be more expensive than a WCDMA phone?
I dont see why, the PCS camera phones are under $400 and less.
5) Are chips for a WCDMA phone being commercially trailed right now like the GSM1X chips?
There are about 10 WCDMA handsets available now, see 3gnewroom.com and 3gtoday.com for the make and models. I have only seen a release about one GSM1x handset.
6) Will they get to market first?
WCDMA is to market first, but there are 'interoperability' problems slowing down the WCDMA build-out.
7) Will they be cheaper?
I dont have any info on the price of GSM1x handsets. The full unsubsidized price for WCDMA handsets was about $800 to $1000 a few ago, but I dont know if the prices have changed.
8) I don't see everyone in Korea clamoring for WCDMA, even tho the big carriers were saying several years ago that they were going WCDMA, don't see them saying that now - might be they are pretty happy w/ cdma20001x?
I think the Koreans understand what a mess WCDMA is today and are waiting before they jump in.
9) Why can't WCDMA get off the ground?
A classic example of 'Open Standard' at its worst.
10) 3 seems to be in big trouble.
Yes.
11) Infrastructure costs are hugh.
Yes, again.
12) Nokia sure is in no hurry to see wcdma hurt their legacy market, so they aren't going to be competition. Another 12 months and the fun will start (again).i
If GSM is replaced, NOK is screwed. They have 50% of the European GSM market and good market share in the others.
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