Vodafone to launch 3G when it is ready

October 16, 2003

Vodafone has not committed to a launch date for its 3G mobile phone service but said it will only launch the service when it is ready.

The company is willing to spend big on developing 3G and ensure the service runs as smoothly as possible when it arrives. It is spending £2 billion a year on establishing a 3G mobile phone service.

Vodafone Chief Executive Officer Arun Sarin said, "We are fully committed to 3G"

"We are investing a couple of billion pounds every year on 3G. We are also investing much time and energy to make sure that the interoperability between all vendors exists in handsets and infrastructure. We are addressing the software and hardware needed to make sure that when we launch our service, it works."

Vodafone will only launch the service if it can outperform today's 2.5G technology and offer something special to customers otherwise customers would have no reason for migrating to 3G.

Sarin believes 3G will change how consumers receive information, entertainment and telephony services because it significantly increases voice capacity and data rates.

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