• DocumentCode
    3098966
  • Title

    Experiences from 3G rollout in the UK

  • Author

    Coulton, Paul ; Dudin, Basil ; Khirallah, Chadi ; Edwards, Reuben

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. Syst., Lancaster Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    19-23 April 2004
  • Firstpage
    221
  • Abstract
    This work presents a detailed study of the rollout of 3G in the United Kingdom. It elaborates the aspects of network technology, the various consumer mobile terminals in use, service models, and pricing structures and describes the means through which users are made aware of the differences between 2G/2.5G and 3G, the methods whereby business models are changed and the efforts being made to increase the rate of penetration to a maximum. As 3G licensing, deployment and early launches are now becoming more of a reality in the Middle East, the UK´s experience could greatly benefit those interested in seeing 3G technology implemented.
  • Keywords
    3G mobile communication; 3G licensing; 3G technology; Middle East; United Kingdom; consumer mobile terminal; network technology; pricing structures; service model; 3G mobile communication; Cities and towns; Licenses; Multiaccess communication; Pricing; Streaming media; Technological innovation; Telephone sets; World Wide Web;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8482-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307703
  • Filename
    1307703