| Carrier |
Network/Handset
Vendor |
Time Table
and Comments |
| North America - Committed to CDMA
1xRTT ***1 (Quoted-
Twice of 2G voice capacity, data @ 153 Kbps - realistic 40-60
Kbps at user level, handsets with greater talk time of 2.5 to
3.8 hours and standby time of 230-350 hours); |
| Verizon
- largest provider in USA - over 30 million subscribers in Jan
2002 |
Motorola
and Kyocera |
Coverage
in selected cities in 2002 - being expanded gradually |
| Sprint
USA - Number 4 cellular carrier in US - over 14 million in
January 2002 but with very aggressive 3G coverage plans |
Lucent,
Nortel, Samsung for network, Hitachi phones, Sierra Wireless
modems |
July 2002
- national coverage (press reports) across USA - First version
144 Kbps wireless data- second upgrade by the end of 2002 will
increase this speed to 288 Kbps. Multi-media 3Mbps by 2004 |
| United
States Cellular - Midwest-based, 3.5 million subscribers |
|
$400-500
million plan over three years (2002-2004) |
| Western
Wireless Corp. |
Ericsson
for network, GTRAN Wireless handset |
|
| Alltel |
LG
Electronics for network, Novatel Wireless modems |
|
| Bell
Mobility, Canada |
|
|
North
America - Committed to GSM/GPRS
Realistic speed
expected around 20 to 40 Kbps; Pricing - AT&T's GPRS plan
**starts** at >$49.99 per month for voice service + 1MB of
data. |
| AT&T
Wireless |
Nokia |
By end
of 2002 GSM for voice. GPRS rollout to be completed by 2004. |
| Cingular-
probably second largest carrier after Verizon |
Nokia,
Ericsson and Siemens (dual-band phones) |
Plan to
spend $4 billion - 18 months rollout - starting late 2001- among
first with GSM |
| VoiceStream |
|
|
| Microcell,
Canada |
|
First
GSM/GPRS provider in North America and Canada |
| Rogers
AT&T, Canada |
|
TDMA to
GSM/GPRS - 2002 |
| Other
Technologies like iDEN |
| Nextel - iDEN |
|
|
| Europe
- Mostly committed to GSM/GPRS |
| Vodafone
- In 28 countries -Europe's largest and also in Americas,
Asia, Africa |
Different
vendors (Nortel and others) |
|
| UK |
| BT |
|
60
pounds ($87US) for 50MB - 2001 |
| Italy |
| TIM |
GSM/GPRS |
30Euros
($27.00US) for 60 MB data |
| Japan |
| NTT
DoCoMo - iMode & 3G FOMA |
|
128 byte
packet costs 0.3 yen ($0.0025 US); 200K data will cost
$3.90 |
| J-Phone |
W-CDMA |
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