Analysts: Price stalls 3G uptake in Australia

20.07.2006

"These high-bandwidth plans exist for attracting users to 3G and educating them about how 3G works," he said.

However, Vodafone business PR manager Greg Spears disagreed pricing was high claiming the telco's offerings are competitive and commercially sustainable.

"The next step for 3G is HSDPA which has speeds of roughly 1.8mg/sec - it can be thought of as a way of future-proofing the network [against reaching full capacity]," he said.