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| 3G Moves to Laptops, PMPs |
(Sep 29, 2008) |
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3G wireless networks heralded for their ability to handle
high-speed data services, have become conventional in the mobile-phone front.
However, it bears further observing whether the technology can extend its
popularity to laptops and other portable multimedia devices.
Mobile-phone carriers like SK Telecom and KTF are bragging about
gathering more than 12 million combined customers for their 3G services that
promise larger options for video and data transfer atop higher voice capacity.
However, it's been acknowledged that although the customers are attracted by the ultra-cool handsets, aren't ready to spend
their money on anything other than voice.
Getting data traffic from 3G customers for laptops and portable media
players (PMPs), on the other hand, would obviously be less of a challenge. And
due to the expansion of coverage and the increasing demand of users asking for
connection from anywhere at anytime, electronics makers are becoming more
interested in adding 3G capabilities to their products.
Hewlett-Packard
(HP) is expected to release a laptop with a HSDPA (high speed downlink package
access) module by the end of the year and other computer makers are talking with
wireless carriers over the release of 3G-enabled laptops too. SK
Telecom, the country's largest mobile-phone operator with more than a 50 percent
market share, is also interested in getting more revenue from computer users
too.
However, SK Telecom says 3G laptop users will now see significant
improvements in both speed and coverage. The company is also an operator of
WiBro, or wireless broadband, the Korean version of mobile WiMAX, which supports
a better data rate than 3G but lesser coverage.
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