(keitai-l) Re: 3g might be delayed until next year?

Contrary to the subject line, this isn't "3G might be delayed", but
rather "high-speed data transmission will probably be delayed."
3G being more than just data.

Reading between the lines: I suspect that, by "quality", MPT
really means "speed."  To the extent that 3G network "spend"
(ooh, there, I said it!) is on the back-end network infrastructure,
this MPT decision could be good for NTT's present service offerings,
as well as their earnings.  NTT can improve (and gain market share in)
existing services by substituting 3G-targeted equipment both voice and
i-mode, while not having to face the music (so to speak) over the
rapidly-dying expectations built up by 3G hype.  NTT can shrug and
say "the government stopped us."

-m
leap@gol.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk, Bruce" <BKirk@WHITNEY.COM>
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Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 8:32 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: 3g might be delayed until next year?


> Full article attached below....
>
> Saturday, May 26, 2001
> Govt Delays Full Approval Of DoCoMo's 3G Cell Phone Service
>
> TOKYO (Nikkei)--NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437) may be forced to delay the
full-scale
> launch of its 3G cellular phone service because of government concern over
> transmission quality.
>
> The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry postponed approval of the
> high-speed data transmission service, ministry sources said Friday.
>
> As a result, the service offering i-mode Internet access, music and
videos,
> said to be 40 times faster than the present service, may be delayed until
> next year or later from the planned October launch.
>
> The telecom ministry decided the system for the data service is unstable
and
> the quality cannot be guaranteed, but will approve the voice service.
>
> NTT DoCoMo has so far failed to fix glitches in the software to control
> high-speed data transmission.
>
> Japan's largest cell phone operator, however, plans to begin a fee-based
> test service of 3G i-mode mobile phones in late May as originally
scheduled,
> and the company has already signed up 4,500 subscribers.
>
> The telecom ministry will allow the company to carry out the test service,
> including high-speed data transmission. But the ministry will require NTT
> DoCoMo to explain to users that it cannot guarantee the quality of data
> transmission. NTT DoCoMo will also be required to devise measures to deal
> with problems with the service.
>
> The ministry is expected to require the company to report regularly on the
> performance of the data service until NTT DoCoMo launches the 3G i-mode
> service commercially.
>
> (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Saturday morning edition)
>
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