3G Handsets14 May 2005
Handsets “Gouge” Operator Revenues
A market research firm says that advanced features on mobile handsets are eating into operator revenue — but users certainly don’t, and shouldn’t, care. USB connections, removable memory cards and Wi-Fi capability cause a “problem” for mobile operators. Evidently those pesky subscribers would rather transfer content from their computers to their handsets via a cable, memory card or Bluetooth and access the Net over Wi-Fi than use carriers’ closed, and often expensive, systems.
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