| Author |
Last 2G handset next year and no more 2G later (Japan) |
themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: London, Tokyo,
PM |
TOKYO — Vodafone KK President Shiro Tsuda said Wednesday the Japanese unit of British cell phone service company Vodafone Group PLC will encourage its customers to shift to third-generation handsets for faster data communications. "Vodafone will offer its last 2G handset next year and no more 2G later," Tsuda said.
Vodafone has lagged rivals NTT DoCoMo Inc and KDDI Corp in shifting to 3G handsets. Of some 15 million Vodafone customers, only about 300,000 are 3G handset users. By discontinuing the provision of new 2G handsets next year, Vodafone will encourage customers to shift to the 3G handsets and will concentrate business resources on 3G services, Tsuda said. (Kyodo News)
[ This Message was edited by: themarques on 2004-12-25 13:04 ] | |
|
gbrooks3
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: OTP RED CID36
PM, WWW
|
yes this was always going to happen, but maybe a little soon? 3G Phones are progressing so fast that it is just a question of evolution to something much better than 2G.
Because the platform sends bogus messages while charging, that is why!!!..But why this change of heart?..We sense a charger connected, oops, we will not shut down after all!!!..*********************** UI BASIC, HOLD YOUR HORSES
|
themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: London, Tokyo,
PM |
Yeah that we all knew would happen, but like you said I think they doing it to early in the year especially when they still very new in the game. They better have some good handsets available to compete with the likes of DoCoMo...or Vodafone will find themselves in serious trouble in the Asian market. | |
|
Access the forum with a mobile phone via esato.mobi
|
Posted: 2004-12-25 14:03
