UK population not interested in 3G

date: June 18, 2002

Almost half of all UK mobile phone users are unlikely to use their handsets for anything other than basic voice calls, according to a survey in the Financial Times.

The news came as mobile operators are meeting in Asia, trying to rouse demand for new mobile services under the next generation of mobile phones, 3G.

It also comes as Japan's Sony and Sweden's Ericsson unveil a new set of phones with picture-messaging features.

Mobile operators paid billions for the privilege of building 3G networks that offer faster internet services, video clips and colour photos.

But faith in the future profitability of the telecoms market has since been seriously undermined over fears that consumers will not be prepared to pay for the latest services.

Those fears are deepened by the survey published today which suggests that four in ten people in the UK have no interest in the features that 3G can offer.

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