Don't know to be honest. Most of the main European carriers are trying to
aim for a Christmas / New Year launch. Networks have been up-graded and are
ready to go (Radiomobil in the Czech republic has been "live" since about
April), but it's the handset availability which is the problem. Tailormade
for the high-volume, fast-turnaround strengths of the Japanese handset
makers.
They used to make TVs and stereos in Europe before Sony showed up on the
scene.
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>Thank you Bruce.
>
>Has KPN announced the toming of the roll-out of GPRS services?
>
>Declan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Kirk [mailto:kirkb@logica.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 3:08 PM
>To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>Subject: (keitai-l) Re: I-mode in Europe
>
>
>I have seen a couple of cHTML compatible prototypes for the GSM-GPRS/CDMA
>market (produced by Japanese vendors) and then there's a European company
>called Benefon www.benefon.com that designed what I think was the first
>cHTML phone for GSM CSD a couple of years back [feel free to correct me if
>I'm wrong on that one]. Samsung have got their own CDMA-packet model as
well
>which they're planning to launch at the Sydney Olympics and then at least
>one of the Western handset manufactuers has a GPRS version in production.
>etc, etc, etc....
>
>The Hutch version of i-mode in Hong Kong started off on WAP CSD [including
a
>black'n'white version of Hudsonsoft's Miracle Grand Prix which must have
>been rivetting]. But the "possibly this year" tag on the KPN story probably
>means that they'll go with GPRS.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>?$B!&(B?o?l : Collins Declan <Declan.Collins@enterprise-ireland.com>
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>OE?-1/4 : (keitai-l) I-mode in Europe
>
>
>>
>>Only yesterday, the FT reported that "...KPN Mobile plans to introduce a
>>similar service (i-mode)in Europe, possibly this year"
>>
>>How will they do it?
>>
>>I-mode on GSM? where i-mode content can be viewed but the benefits of
>>packaged data cannot be implemented. This would be a very costly
service -
>>to the consumer, of course.
>>
>>Wait for GPRS?
>>
>>I have heard rumors that the Japanese handset manufacturers have GSM
i-mode
>>enabled phones in production - any truth to the rumor?
>>
>>
>>Declan Collins
>>
>
>
Received on Fri Aug 18 09:54:11 2000