The Wireless Roadmap, the definitive report on commercial availability of 2.5G and 3G wireless networks that until now has been available only to consulting clients of the Andrew Seybold Group, has been released for distribution in the broad wireless community, it was announced today by Outlook 4Mobility Partners Andrew M. Seybold and Barney L. Dewey.
With Third-Generation wireless networks already implemented and proven internationally on a limited basis, critical decision elements for industry figures and prospective users are how the build-out will progress, its timetable, and the speeds that will be delivered. Dewey addresses these and other related factors in the just-published 34-page Mobiltorial entitled "Wireless Roadmap: When is Wireless Data Coming?" The exhaustive document features 14 figures and tables including five roadmap diagrams that compare the capabilities and timetables of the various offerings.

Key issues addressed in the report include:

-- What are the leading technologies globally and which companies are the leading operators in the U.S.?
-- Which operators in the U.S. offer which wide-area packet-data and circuit-switched data networks?
-- Why does NTT DoCoMo's WCDMA network no longer qualify as a 3G technology?
-- How did leading U.S. operators fare in recent spectrum auctions and what does this mean to their overall chances of success?
-- How are European and Japanese technology standards/networks progressing?
-- Which countries will migrate to cdma2000 networks? Which have 3G UMTS plans or trials?
-- What is the status of 3G handsets globally?

With wireless rapidly emerging as a distinct technology with its own terminology, Dewey has also included a comprehensive glossary of key terms in the paper.
"Unlike in Europe," he writes, "technology in the U.S. and North America is a competitive factor for wireless service operators. If one operator implements wireless network technology that has significant cost or capability advantages, it will likely affect the financial success of the operator ... the industry has high expectations that more than 50 percent of voice users will add wireless data services. For this to happen, the price must be dramatically lower than what has been announced and rumored."
Added Seybold: "The wireless data landscape is in flux, changing as more data is developed and as networks are implemented. As the International Telecommunications Union modifies its standards, the playing field for wireless technology manufacturers and network operators shifts. Relying on information from an array of reliable sources, Outlook 4Mobility tracks the changes, interprets their probable impact on the industry and provides this vital information to our publishing and consulting clientele for their use in formulating their technology and marketing initiatives."
"Wireless Roadmap" can be purchased on the Web by credit card or company purchase order in three different forms and prices: a single, bound paper copy shipped by first class mail within the U.S. is priced at $499.00; a single-site electronic license, which includes a downloadable PDF file and a bound copy shipped first class, at $999.00; a corporate worldwide license, which also includes a downloadable PDF file and a bound copy, at $2,499.00. The document is updated each quarter. Prices for an annual subscription are $899.00 for a single, bound paper copy; $1,799 for a single-site electronic license and $4,499.00 for a corporate worldwide license.