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msmobiles.com_robot
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 Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: Microsoft to conquer China with 3G + many new Windows Mobile phones coming THIS YEAR! |
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"We're going to see dramatic growth," Scott Horn (on image below)
... general manager of Microsoft's mobile and embedded devices unit, said in Beijing. "The launch of third-generation mobile services in...
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| 3G hasn't really caught on in the UK which is a rich country, so how can it succeed in China where they have less income? |
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EJR
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| gilesjuk wrote: | | 3G hasn't really caught on in the UK which is a rich country, so how can it succeed in China where they have less income? |
in average they have less income but due to overall size of China they can have more users who can afford 3G.
the fact is: video calling is not enough and mobile TV over 3G networks is not compelling enough. So I don't really know the answer to your question too... |
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I realise it's a big market, I just wonder why they would launch 3G and not the older technology which would be cheaper and available to the masses. |
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| gilesjuk wrote: | | I realise it's a big market, I just wonder why they would launch 3G and not the older technology which would be cheaper and available to the masses. |
but they did it: GSM is already available in China! |
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kupe
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| msmobiles.com_wiseacre wrote: | | in average they have less income but due to overall size of China they can have more users who can afford 3G. |
That business model doesn't make sense. In a low income, high population country like China, the possibility that they might have more total users who can afford 3g would mean they need to herd them all together in order to make money. But in reality, they're scattered all across the territory, so the number of potential paying customers per cell tower would be too low to be profitable. |
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DaGeDa
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Good points Kupe, but a lot of the wealthy people are herded together in four or five massive cities! Shanghai's population is apparently already >25mn!
3G = cheap voice. Only handset prices will be the problem (oh, and maybe carrier strategies too). |
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