EDGE/WCDMA
I wonder how long after WCDMA goes live in most urban areas this roaming feature between it and EDGE will go into effect? I'm assuming we won't see this for quite some time due to the logistics of the pending merger of ATTWS and Cingular's networks.
I'm guessing that by the time that the UMTS service is launched "nationally" by Cingular, this will be available. This type of handoff has been anticipated and I'm sure it will be available soon after it's available in the rest of the world. You have ...
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One way to read this is that operators want UMTS in the densely populated/urban areas and EDGE elsewhere.
so in other words it might be taken as more evidence that the operators in europe and elsewhere seek to limit UMTS coverage.
In europe get...
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