When Apple boss Steve Jobs walks on to the stage to introduce the first 3G iPhone next month, you can safely bet he’ll do a lot of talking about the pervasiveness of the high-speed packet access (HSPA) 3G mobile system.Suddenly HSPA is everywhere, not least in Telstra’s controversial Next G network, and similar networks now being built by Vodafone and Optus. It’s turning up, too, in laptop PCs and other devices.The spread of 3G technology is becoming a major worry for the promoters of WiMAX, a sort of souped up Wi-Fi that was supposed to take over mobile communications.To read more of this article in Australian IT see www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23723050-39525,00.html.
3G to get boost, with iPhone on way
When Apple boss Steve Jobs walks on to the stage to introduce the first 3G iPhone next month, you can safely bet he’ll do a lot of talking about the pervasiveness of the high-speed packet access (HSPA) 3G mobile system.