Development of the next round of high-speed wireless data services has officially started, with a new consortium of carriers signing a ‘Super 3G’ agreement. The new system, planned to be at least 10 times as fast as modern 3G services, should first been seen in testing environments in 2007, with commercial deployments to follow. Companies involved include NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, Cingular, Siemens, and Alcatel. I wasn’t sure if they’d be able to come up with a name as goofy as ‘3G,’ but ‘Super 3G’ is definitely 10 times as dumb as modern names.
And as Wireless Watch points out, this new standard will be global, so it’s likely European and Asian carriers will interoperate (the US is anybody’s guess).
Mobile firms sign ‘Super 3G’ deal [Textually]
