2G in M2M depends on devices says Deutsche Telekom

2G in M2M depends on devices says Deutsche Telekom via @TelecomEngine

On Tuesday at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, the M2M Zone spoke with Jürgen Hase, vice president of Deutsche Telekom’s M2M competence center, who said that the move from 2G to 3G in M2M will not take place in the next six months or a year, but will depend primarily on the M2M device capabilities. His opinion comes at an interesting time, as AT&T (Dallas, Texas, USA) recently made major hints that it will be shutting down its 2G network in the near future by encouraging 2G phone users to upgrade to 3G. “We will be offering 2G for at least the next year because we believe it depends on the device,” says Hase about T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (Bonn, Germany). Deutsche Telekom just recently lost a $39 million bid to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T, which left many believing it would try to sell the U.S. arm off to another company. But last month, Deutsche Telekom’s c...

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