Mark,
where did you get the info that KDDI sold 280.000 3G/CDMA 2000 1x phones
after having launched only on 1 April 2002? Would be very interested to find out
as this means that they penetrate the market a lot faster than FOMA.
I agree that it is a question of device price, coverage, multi-mode and some
more key features. If it is true I believe that Docomo will face a funky good
amount of competition.
regards, jan.
> The tipping point is 2000 1x combined with video, pictures and GPS services.
> KDDI has sold over 280K 3G handsets in one month in Japan - which is five
> times the figure for six months of FOMA. This is due to the reliability of
> the network, the cost of the phones (about half that of the retail price of
> FOMA) and the services available.
>
> Basically, there's not much that differentiates FOMA for available 2G
> services, which is hampering the growth of FOMA... On the other hand with
> KDDI/2000 1x, they have a greater range of streaming video and GPs services
> than FOMA that work much more efficiently than those of FOMA.
>
> Honestly, its a matter of price and what you can do with the phones, and
> they will never really take off until you get 3G digital media downloads
> cheaper than say 25-50 cents US per download.
>
> That's my opinion. Until then, there's really nothing to make 3G take off -
> in effect you can get most of what is available via 2G.
>
> Mark
>
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> On 26-04-2002 10:23, "James Bennett" <James.Bennett@paconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > An interesting little factoid from the UK, rather like that low level of
> > Foma usage on Foma.
> > A fifth of all handsets sold in the UK by the Carphone Warehouse, the
> > biggest phone retailer in the country, were GPRS in Q1. That's about 35,000
> > units.
> > And how many of those people used GPRS network services?
> > 200.
> > This reminds me of the days when SMS was installed on all phones, but it
> > took months and months before it took off and then boom.
> > So where's the "Tipping Point"?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juergen Specht [mailto:js@nooper.com]
> > Sent: 26 April 2002 11:12
> > To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> > Subject: (keitai-l) In case you invested in 3G...
> >
> >
> >
> > In case you invested vast amounts of money in
> > 3G/UMTS...you should NOT read this mail. Just ignore it.
> > Delete it. Think about your weekend. Switch off your
> > computer now. Don't scroll down.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > But for the poster who misses Michael Turner...he is back.
> > Kind of. At least he is involved in the newest "Showcase of
> > Japanese Keitai Culture". But only involved. We forced him to
> > do that for us. It was hard work. It costs us vast amounts
> > of beer ^H^H^H^H money:
> >
> > http://nooper.co.jp/showcase/
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> > Juergen
> >
> >
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