Samsung to market handsets for 3G wireless web service

date: 30 November 2000, source: www.hongkong.com

Samsung Electronics will put into market a new mobile phone next month which can support the initial third-generation (3G) wireless service, the company said in a press release Tuesday.

The phone measures 85 x 45 x 18.8 cm and weighs 70 grams. The handsets are also compatible with current IS-95A and IS-95B environment.

The folder-type handset sends large amounts of data faster, which increases talk time by 30 percent and double standby time in comparison to existing mobile phones.

It adopts Windows User Interface, allowing users to tailor the menus and functions to their own needs.

The wireless service, called IS-95C, is able to do almost everything promised by 3G, or IMT-2000, although its speed is slower and network capacity is limited.

It allows mobile phones to send data at a speed of 144 Kbps, 2- 10 times faster than currently available, and can handle video conferencing, audio and video on demand and other multimedia services.

The South Korean company expects the rollout will speed up commercial adoption of cdma2000 1x, which has been launched by domestic telecom carriers in trial mode early this month, but has not been widely available for lack of terminals.

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