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News
Issue #2002 - 10 (March 2002)
(Updated Mar.
13, 2002)
TECHNOLOGY
Cellular 3G Enables Wireless
Devices to Access Multimedia Content at Full Rate
Cellular 3G Inc., formally
3G.com, has announced a full range of compact flash and PCMCIA modem
cards for connecting wireless devices to 3G networks.
In a related announcement, the company said that The Carphone
Warehouse, an independent mobile communications retailer serving the
European market, had agreed to adopt Cellular 3G technology to serve
as part of its migration from voice to 3G data products.
In collaboration with Maxim Integrated Products, a specialist in
linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits, Cellular 3G has
designed a compact flash form factor and PCMCIA 3G-modem card that
will enable today’s wireless devices to send and receive
multimedia content, such as rich graphics and video, over 3G
networks at full rate.
Cellular 3G says its PCMCIA 3G-modem card is the first to employ
full implementation of the 3GPP W-CDMA FDD standard and offers a
multi-receiver architecture for better radio performance. It
delivers data transfer rates up to 2 Mbps in both directions, while
conserving power consumption.
"We selected Cellular 3G’s PC card to give our customers
the freedom of true wireless broadband connections on the laptops
they already have," said Ed Moore, CTO, The Carphone Warehouse.
For more information: http://www.cellular3g.com
Mobileinfo Comments & Advisory: It
is good to see the device end of the problem of sending rich
multi-media MMS traffic on future 3G networks. We also like
multi-receiver architecture and presumably lower power consumption. In
the bigger scheme of end-to-end communication, that is a smaller
problem and one we know would be solved. However, we can not ignore
the continuing 3G deployment problems all over the globe - realistic
speeds that we shall achieve and how much it is going to cost us. As
far as power consumption is concerned, it might use lower power but
you will be transmitting many more bytes. Think of the transportation
analogy. High-speed and more efficient gaz-consumption cars are being
built but the highways are not ready - congestion and toll charges are
unknown. So plan your trip carefully.
Note: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in
developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology
architectures. All trademarks used in this summary are
the property of their respective owners.
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