[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: WDDZ Seminar: Telstra Mobiles CDMA 1X serv ice LAUNCHED

[Simon Butcher]

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> Telstra are trying to say that this is '3g' mobile telephony. 
> The reason they are doing this is to suggest that the 
> Hutchison 3G network (Orange) that will begin operations next 
> year is no big deal. The Hutchison network will be a true 3g 
> network whereas the cdma1x offering from Telstra is just a 
> higher throughput than GPRS.
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Uhh, CDMA2000, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA are all 3G.. CDMA2000 with its
extensions (1x or 1xEV-DO) is still 3G.. How is this not 3G then?

 - Simon

P.S.
 AFAIK, CDMA2000 1x has a max datarate of 307kbps, and 1xEV-DO has a max
rate of 2Mbps. GPRS is 171.2kbps, right?


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