allstarnz: am I correct of this:

Vodafone: primary 900MHz 3G, with 2100MHz filler in the big cities?

rossmnz: Freitism:

iPhone 2G and 3G?? Or only the latter?

icepicknz: . . . I'm using my 3G iphone on the telecom WCDMA 850 network right now works very well.

rossmnz: Freitism:

iPhone 2G and 3G?  Or only the latter?

icepicknz: Because it's a 3G only network, only the 3G... I'm using my 3G iphone on the telecom WCDMA 850 network right now works very well.

bbman:

icepicknz: Because it's a 3G only network, only the 3G... I'm using my 3G iphone on the telecom WCDMA 850 network right now works very well.

I bet it does, works like it was meant too you mean!!

I think the marketing team at Vodafone will have to do a real good job to convince users that they have a true 3g nationwide network by May 31st.

Sure they will have 3G service from all sites but in urban areas Vodafone do not have a stable foot print that matches their 900mhz GSM network, fall backs occur especially in buildings etc. This is obviously going to change as in fill sites grow but Vodafone really need to deploy 900mhz UMTS to all sites quickley to get a true foot print to match their competitors nation wide all 850mhz network, plus NZ Comms 3g might also perform better also.

Also from what I understand and i could be wrong here, just because a site is rural does not mean it is 900mhz UMTS, that also is trick for young players. This may have changed and now all rural kit is 900mhz but a lot of the 3g deployment has been a mixture of 900/2100mhz.

Maybe an announcement soon about nationwide 3g at 900mhz with GSM in cities switching to 1800mhz over time to free up bandwidth?? Well maybe!!

scottjpalmer:

allstarnz: am I correct of this:

Vodafone: primary 900MHz 3G, with 2100MHz filler in the big cities?

2100MHz 3G has been in the cities and big towns for years, 900MHz 3G is currently being rolled out everywhere else. I don't think 900Mhz 3G is being put in the cities but this doesn't matter as pretty much all 900Mhz 3G devices will do 2100Mhz 3G anyway.



UPDATE: To answer your question, I wouldn't say 900MHz is "primary". 2100 for the cities, 900 for the rural areas. This is clearly different to Telecom which is largely 850 everywhere with a few splatterings of 2100.

PaulBrislen:

bbman:

icepicknz: Because it's a 3G only network, only the 3G... I'm using my 3G iphone on the telecom WCDMA 850 network right now works very well.

I bet it does, works like it was meant too you mean!!

I think the marketing team at Vodafone will have to do a real good job to convince users that they have a true 3g nationwide network by May 31st.

Sure they will have 3G service from all sites but in urban areas Vodafone do not have a stable foot print that matches their 900mhz GSM network, fall backs occur especially in buildings etc. This is obviously going to change as in fill sites grow but Vodafone really need to deploy 900mhz UMTS to all sites quickley to get a true foot print to match their competitors nation wide all 850mhz network, plus NZ Comms 3g might also perform better also.

Also from what I understand and i could be wrong here, just because a site is rural does not mean it is 900mhz UMTS, that also is trick for young players. This may have changed and now all rural kit is 900mhz but a lot of the 3g deployment has been a mixture of 900/2100mhz.

Maybe an announcement soon about nationwide 3g at 900mhz with GSM in cities switching to 1800mhz over time to free up bandwidth?? Well maybe!!

No.



cheers

Paul

freitasm: The largest telco in Australia, Telstra, is completely WCDMA 850MHz, as well as AT&T U.S... This means a lot of the incoming roaming will have no problem getting into the new network. Also most phones will be 2100MHz/850MHz anyway...

It was never a "ploy" to have 2100MHz in cities and 850MHz outside. The whole idea is to have not "patches" and make it a consistent experience for all users.