Thursday, December 8, 2005
Cingular Launches 3G HSDPA Service in US
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 12:00 PM
"Cingular Wireless today launched its super-charged wireless network capable of providing customers with high-speed access to information in a world that has gone mobile. Customers can use the third-generation (3G) network to access Cingular BroadbandConnect, which is available to nearly 35 million people in 52 communities throughout the United States. The company will continue to extend the network rapidly next year."
I'm not interested per se in the service right now, because it's laptop-only (PC card) and it isn't supported yet in New York. 8O However, this will ultimately be significant for the Pocket PC Phone market because it will enable 3G Pocket PCs to be carried on Cingular's network. It's up for question, though, as to how long it'll take Cingular to adopt such units. Verizon and Sprint have been very aggressive with EVDO Pocket PCs, so hopefully that'll encourage Cingular to do the same (and the linked page suggests as much).
I'm not interested per se in the service right now, because it's laptop-only (PC card) and it isn't supported yet in New York. 8O However, this will ultimately be significant for the Pocket PC Phone market because it will enable 3G Pocket PCs to be carried on Cingular's network. It's up for question, though, as to how long it'll take Cingular to adopt such units. Verizon and Sprint have been very aggressive with EVDO Pocket PCs, so hopefully that'll encourage Cingular to do the same (and the linked page suggests as much).
