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First Large Scale 3G Network

Posted by Hemos on from the coming-soon-to-a-phone-not-near-you dept.

Pete (big-pete) writes: "DoCoMo has announced that they will launch the world's first 3G network on October 1st -- you can read their story from NTT and a spin on the story from The Register can be read at the Register." And of course, The U.S.' backward laws concerning allocation of frequency mean that this will be a /long/ time in coming.

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  1. Wow... by kypper · · Score: 3, Funny

    DoCoMo has announced that they will launch the world's first 3G network on October 1st

    Only 3 G's? That's incredible! Most of us have to pay many many g's to buy a network

  2. Re:Backwards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah; ham radio. Now there's a worthwile use of bandwidth. We should surely delay 3G wireless so the old sweaty fat bearded men can keep their party line.

    - NG0PKM

  3. Ahh, yes... by tommut · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...a spin on the story from The Register can be read at the Register."

    Yes, but only if you go to The Register, which you'll find at The Register.