Comments on: 3GSM – Nokia Pushes UMA http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/13/3gsm-nokia-pushes-uma/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rashmi khosa http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/13/3gsm-nokia-pushes-uma/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 rashmi khosa Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:57:11 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/13/3gsm-nokia-pushes-uma/#comment-1912 Oh great! Finally the dual mode handsets are here for these mobile technologies. A perfect scenario for roaming customers and foneros addicted to GSM. How will it balance, if the GSM carriers rollout HSDPA upgrades and have 3G access that promises better speed and ubiquity. Shouldn't there be a dual handset that works the other way - connects to Unlicensed Mobile Access(UMA), say, a wi-fi via GSM network? Why be hotspot-oriented if there is more outside the spots? That, according to me, should be ideal for an MVNO. Oh great! Finally the dual mode handsets are here for these mobile technologies. A perfect scenario for roaming customers and foneros addicted to GSM.
How will it balance, if the GSM carriers rollout HSDPA upgrades and have 3G access that promises better speed and ubiquity. Shouldn’t there be a dual handset that works the other way – connects to Unlicensed Mobile Access(UMA), say, a wi-fi via GSM network? Why be hotspot-oriented if there is more outside the spots? That, according to me, should be ideal for an MVNO.

]]> By: Jim Hughes http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/13/3gsm-nokia-pushes-uma/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Jim Hughes Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:55:49 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/13/3gsm-nokia-pushes-uma/#comment-1910 A further twist on the operator front, Orange/Wannado in the UK are actively pushing a simple wireless solution for their adsl consumers which involves punters buying a subsidised wireless router as part of their signup. Imagine if this router came pre-setup to share bandwidth with any Orange UMA phone? Voila, extensive UK coverage for Orange UMA phones with minimal costs. A further twist on the operator front, Orange/Wannado in the UK are actively pushing a simple wireless solution for their adsl consumers which involves punters buying a subsidised wireless router as part of their signup.

Imagine if this router came pre-setup to share bandwidth with any Orange UMA phone? Voila, extensive UK coverage for Orange UMA phones with minimal costs.

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