FOMA to go even faster by 2005

July 17, 2003

Japan's Kyodo News International reported that NTT DoCoMo plans to adopt a communications method in 2005 to raise the data transmission speed of its FOMA 3G mobile phone service by more than five times, President Keiji Tachikawa said Thursday.

At the moment, FOMA service offers a maximum communications speed of 384 kbps and the it want to use the method called high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) that will give an average speed of 2 Mbps and a maximum rate of 14 Mbps, Tachikawa said to the press.

The HSDPA method ia an upgraded version of the W-CDMA 3G standard format. NTT DoCoMo will be able to make the FOMA service as fast as asymmetric digital subscriber line services in 2005, Tachikawa said.

DoCoMo hopes to begin piloting the service in autumn of next year but has not indicated when they will launch the service.

Top Sellers at our online store

1.	NEC e606 on 3
2.	Orange Nokia 7250i
3.	O2 Samsung A800
4.	NEC e808 on 3
5.	Motorola A920 on 3

last updated: January 12, 2004

Visit our online store, click here

3 phones

3G Motorola A920
Available Now! Superb full colour touch- sensitive screen with a built-in digital camera for Video Calling.
Buy now from Free

M-Profits: Making Money from 3G Services
ISBN: 0470847751

This book discusses 3G services from the view of what is needed for the service to provide value to the user, what is the value proposition for the user, how will money be made out of delivering the service, and discussions on how revenue sharing propositions might work to benefit content providers and network operators. 3G operators should take note of this highly recommended book.

buy it UK | USA

FOMA to go even faster by 2005

3G Books to Read!