Sabaidee peenong, Laos is going to use 3G mobile system very soon. But I don't really understand what 3G mobile is all about? What are the differences between the normal mobile phone and 3G? And how much the price? I guess it must be very expensive.
(KPL) Lao Telecommunication is preparing for the expansion of network system to deal with the new service of 3 Generation mobile system.
The 3G mobile system expects to be completed by August this year.
The Lao Telecommunication is going to upgrade its capacity and software of each centre nationwide for opening new service of 3G mobile network, along with 117 stations and Intelligent Network (IN) system would be also upgraded which increase its capacity to 1.3 million of numbers, from 1 million of number mobile phone.
The expansion of network system is to provide the quality service for customers and to deal with the increased volume of mobile market in Laos which is being grown fast.
The expansion of network system was a joint venture of Lao Telecommunication with three foreign companies including Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co Ltd, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from China, and Ericsson (Thailand) Ltd. The total investment is US$15 million or about 140 billion kip, according to a signing ceremony on 3G mobile system took place on 12 May in Vientiane Capital.
Sabaidee peenong, Laos is going to use 3G mobile system very soon. But I don't really understand what 3G mobile is all about? What are the differences between the normal mobile phone and 3G? And how much the price? I guess it must be very expensive.
that's good step for Laos.. give people some choices to make.. even in the U.S. not all cell phone providers are going with 3G yet.. most networks still using the EDGE network, which is alot slower for web broswer on cell phone.. compare to the 3G! even the current iPhone is still using the EDGE system.. the down side to the 3G system is.... it drain the battery talks time.
3G/UMTS is mobile technology with high bandwith. So you can get videophone or high speed internet on your mobile (or computer connected to the network).
The price is much more expensive that "2G" GSM, but everything depend the price policy of your mobile operator.
This also require a "3G" compatible phone, more expensive than traditional GSM phone
Sabaidee peenong, Laos is going to use 3G mobile system very soon. But I don't really understand what 3G mobile is all about? What are the differences between the normal mobile phone and 3G? And how much the price? I guess it must be very expensive.
that's good step for Laos.. give people some choices to make.. even in the U.S. not all cell phone providers are going with 3G yet.. most networks still using the EDGE network, which is alot slower for web broswer on cell phone.. compare to the 3G! even the current iPhone is still using the EDGE system.. the down side to the 3G system is.... it drain the battery talks time.
as for the price... it might be a little more..
In France also we have the 2 offers (in fact, operators first developed EDGE, and now, they propose UMTS for people who have compatible mobile phone) In my opinion, EDGE is not a good solution: it's strictly the same technology as traditional GSM (13kbit/s/chanel), but to enhance bandwith the system use many chanels in parallel... so you need a very dense network, and you have strong risk of saturation of the network
UMTS is based over a really new radio technology that allow each chanel to have a high bandwith.
