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White Paper V600
14 August 2005
3G
Mobile telephony allowed us to talk on the move.
The Internet turned raw data into helpful services
that people found easy to use in their everyday
lives. Now, these two technologies are converging
to create third-generation mobile services.
In simple terms, 3G (third-generation) services
combine high speed radio access with IP (Internet
Protocol)-based services. This does not just mean
fast mobile connection to the Web, it means totally
new ways to communicate, access information,
conduct business, learn and be entertained. It
promises liberation from slow, cumbersome equip-
ment and immovable points of access.
Increased 3G data rates, together with extended
multimedia and entertainment content, will
enhance the use of mobile Internet in a revolution-
ary way. Gaming will increase the user benefits
even more.
The step towards IP is vital. IP is packet-based,
allowing users to be “online” at all times, having to
pay only for the sent or received data. The connec-
tionless nature of IP also makes access a lot faster:
file downloads take less time and we can be con-
nected to a network within a few seconds.
3G introduces wideband radio communications,
with incredible access speeds. Compared with
today’s mobile networks, 3G will significantly boost
network capacity, much needed in densely popu-
lated areas – thus operators will be able to support
more users, as well as offer more sophisticated
services.
This phone is a dual mode phone. Thus the user
will be able to use his or her V600 without having to
think about which system is being used – the
handover between the two systems is going to be
seamless.
Using 3G scenarios
3G will change our working habits and social lives
in many ways. The services that 3G has to offer will
help us to manage our personal information, sim-
plify tasks such as grocery shopping, make better
use of our time, and offer services that are just fun
to use. People can easily share a moment with their
friends, family and work in other geographical sites
in a video call. 3G will also help new, flexible work-
ing practices, such as working from home and
remote access to corporate networks outside tradi-
tional working hours. Operators will be able to
develop innumerable new service opportunities to
attract and retain new customers:
• Your train is delayed so you are late for a meet-
ing. By initiating a video call with the people at
the meeting, you can still attend, and even see
the sketches made at the meeting.
• Parents see their child walk for the first time,
and know that the grandparents would love to
see this. They initiate a video call to the grand-
parents’ computer. The grandparents are thrilled
with joy, and the child can hear their encourag-
ing voices and see their happy faces.
• Business people can use the time they spend
travelling, fixing things that are usually hard to
get time for, for example to log on to their bank
account, check the balance and pay a few bills -
all through their 3G device.
• On vacation, people can make reservations
when they get to their destination by using their
3G handset to obtain up-to-date information,
including hotel vacancies. Having booked a
room, they can use their phone to view video
clips of local tourist attractions and talk to
someone from the local tourist information
bureau at the same time.
• A maintenance engineer, repairing some equip-
ment at a client’s premises, has a problem.
Using his 3G mobile phone, he can contact his
department and then download a demonstra-
tion video that guides him through the repair
process.
• People can also share a moment with their
friends and family in other geographical sites by
capturing the moment with the video recorder
and then sending them the video clip in an MMS
message.