The recent news from 3, the UK’s new third-generation (3G) operator, that its customers will experience problems with dropped calls when their network opens for business has added to the gloom surrounding the viability of this technology.
Coming so soon after the collapse of Quam – the German 3G joint venture between Sonera and Telefonica – and Telefonica’s decision to abandon all 3G activities in Italy, Austria and Switzerland, the hope that 3G would provide the telecoms industry with a way out of its current depression seems more far fetched than ever before.
