Comments on: 3G, 4 Operators, 5 golden rings!

By: CURE, the Fourth 3G Operator -- Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines’ Premier Technology Blog

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:54:16 +0000

[...] A year ago, NTC granted 3G licenses to fourth operators. Those of us with 3G are either on Smart or Globe. Sun Cellular has not yet disclosed their plans. [...]

By: mparaz

mparaz — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:45:45 +0000

Did you notice that the Smart 3G billboard on EDSA/Boni is sitting on Gokongwei’s land? It’s on the Robinsons Pioneer lot.

If we can’t deploy it yet… make money regardless.

By: mparaz

mparaz — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:06:05 +0000

Yes there should be a listing somewhere there. If you're interested in content development, join us in the ph-mobileapps Yahoo! Group.

By: Winston

Winston — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:16:09 +0000

Would anybody have a listing of 3G networks worldwide? Any URLs or websites I can go to to get this info, like umts, 3gsm, etc..? The big question now, is, how do we monetize this 3G developments in the Philippines.. 3G-supported Contents anyone?

By: Smart 3G and NTT DoCoMo PLDT Investment -- Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines’ Premier Technology Blog

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:06:02 +0000

[...] Now, Smart is one of the 4 carriers granted a license. What has changed since then? New competitors coming in? Smart spokesperson Ramon Isberto discloses some info in Smart: 3G will take ‘natural service introduction’ path. [...]

By: mparaz

mparaz — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:57:01 +0000

If … and if … people want to switch to video calls, then maybe handset prices will drop. I think that’s a more compelling app for most users than a mobile Internet.

By: banana

banana — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:38:37 +0000

Nah, I really don’t think 3G will make a boom to our country. Many analyst think that the 3G technologies were a flop, the market was just not ready to take such a big step forward.

I could probably say the same thing about the jump to HDTV, companies like sony, samsung, microsoft are trying to push the HDTV technology with its new products. But not everybody can spend 100,000 pesos or more for a TV.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 04:46:22 +0000

3G is crap.

At least in terms of market viability.

Various telcos in the UK and Hong Kong can attest to this.

That’s why I cringe everytime I read about local telcos taking the limelight for setting up 3G-type infrastructure.

If 3G were as good as it is touted to be, it should have had extensive roll-out earlier. 3G was talk of the town two–even three–years ago, with the promise of boadband applications and high speed connectivity.

But I guess the market still isn’t ready for this stuff. And add the fact that there are other, probably more viable, solutions such as 802.11-compatible protocols.

And enduser equipment is just so darned expensive, I doubt Pinoys would be quick to switch to 3G-enabled phones anytime soon.

I remember CDMA was the superior technology, but GSM had better marketing.

I think the next logical step would be for telcos to jump ahead to fourth-generation or 4G technology. Not that “3G” is synonymous to “GSM” (3G is not exactly the technology, but an aggregation of various technologies and protocols for high speed data and multimedia transfers).

Heck, this was talk of the town even last year and even in 2004.

You’re right Ka Edong. What will Pinoys think of 3G?

By: banks

banks — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:13:01 +0000

So how “good” is this 3G?

By: mparaz

mparaz — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:15:48 +0000

... Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprises Inc. (CURE), which is rumored to be partly owned by the businessman Antonio “Tonyboy” Cojuangco... and also "Dream 3G". Yup, 3G should be closer to a Mobile Internet. Good news (I hope) for VAS/Content providers.