This is by Guy Kewney, not almost the most reliable journo (see
keitai-l passim) but it does look rather interesting... Anyone in Tokyo
know anything about it?
Nick
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/07/flarion_tokyo_adventure/
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Nobody who has seen the sales pitch for Flarion's Flash (Fast
Low-latency Access with Seamless Handoff) -OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing) wireless system has failed to be impressed by
"what if?" this technology were available. Faster than 3G and covering
more users at the same time, with far lower network latency - if we had
this, there wouldn't be all the discussion about Wi-Fi phones. But the
technology looked to be illegal.
Now, in a deal with Vodafone which covers metro Tokyo Flarion is going
to get the test bed it needs to convince the world's governments to
allow Flash-OFDM in existing spectra. The main obstacle Flarion faces
is that the GSM and 3G network operators are licensed, pretty much
anywhere in the world, to provide a voice service using specific
technology on their masts. And Flarion offers a pure IP network, which
is neither WCDMA nor GSM.
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Received on Fri May 7 14:25:15 2004