3G Technology
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3G is the cutting-edge technology allowing you to send pictures, sounds, movies and the whole range of information virtually turning your mobile into a portable video phone.
A 3G network is different from current networks because it's able to deliver high quality, media-rich content including audio and video, to a mobile handset.A 3G network will allow you to see and hear video clips, and send and receive multimedia content and information many times faster than is possible over today's current networks. It provides the capability to deliver information, entertainment and communication on the move - when, where and how you want it.
3G is the natural progression of digital mobile phones. With normal 2G phones (on O2 and Orange for example) you can receive text alerts on subjects such as news and music, surf the web at 28kbps and take colour photos with your phone and send them quickly to friends, family and colleagues.
Towards the end of 2004 in the UK the monopoly of the Hutchison 3G (Three) network is coming to an end as traditional GSM operators are starting to roll out their 3G services and in Q1 2005 we are already having both Vodafone and Orange as well as O2 3G networks fully operable and ready to take new customers. How quick it will pick up and how soon the remaining operators will join in only time will show but it is reasonable to expect a fierce competition between all current 3G providers and more exciting 3G phones to appear in the nearest future.
