Next-generation telecommunications
3 April 2012
Q: I’ve heard a lot about third-generation (3G) telecommunications, but when will the new phones be available, and will they be of any use to purchasers?
A: Gordon Lloyd-West, senior consultant for Open Methods, writes: The first 3G network in the UK has just been implemented in the Isle of Man and its arrival elsewhere starts in September, initially concentrating on London and the M4 corridor.
Current estimates are that it will take between three and five years to cover the country but, in practice, the...