Well, mostly because they need bandwidth and they've run out of capacity...
And FOMA will, eventually, allow them to provide a wide range of services.
On 11/22/02 2:03, "Tony Chan" <tc7991@netvigator.com> wrote:
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> Can DoCoMo have both a successful FOMA and PDC service?
> Why should DoCoMo promote FOMA when the 504s and i-shots phones are
> selling so well?
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> Ken Chang wrote:
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>> at least in Japan, I can't see how the FOMA and J-Phone IMT can
>> compete with au/KDDI, though I think Vodafone will probably win
>> DoCoMo on the UMTS playground. let's see next summer-autumn.
>>
>> GSM was a better network than IS-41 but I believe cdma2000 has
>> far better radio and IP core networks than UMTS. I don't know
>> 4G much but cdma2000 -> ofdm2010 is my closest imagination.
>>
>> is there a possibility China will export its TD-SCDMA one day?
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Ken
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