It has brought around development of innovative new services for consumers and greater productivity for enterprises. Going further down the pyramid, 3G is improving the lives of underserved citizens, bridging the “digital divide”
“By the end of 2010, about 5.3 billion mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide have been registered, including 940 million subscriptions to 3G services. Access to mobile networks is now available to 90% of the world population and 80% of the population living in rural areas people are moving rapidly from 2G to 3G platforms,” PTA Chairman Dr. Muhammad Yaseen said this while addressing a seminar on 3G arranged by the telecom regulator here.
The theme of the seminar was “To be or not to be is not the question: 3G is coming”.
Presently, about 143 countries are offering 3G services commercially, compared to 95 in 2007 towards 4G: a number of countries have started to offer services at even higher broadband speeds, moving to next generation wireless platforms.
Going further down the pyramid, 3G is improving the lives of underserved citizens, bridging the “digital divide”, particularly in developing countries where teledensity and Internet penetration are low, he said.
Cao Long, of Wang Li Heng, Rahel Kamal, representative of Qualcom. On this occasion all five cellular mobile operator signed MoUs to boost localized applications, content and services.
http://www.technologytimes.pk/mag/2011/jan11/issue01/3g_tech_has_potential.php
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