Wireless Telepocalypse (2): UMTS and IMS Emerges In Canada

"Broadband Internet and wireless are at the leading-edge of the fusion of network technologies on a single, platform," said Lawrence Surtees, report author and vice-president of communications research at IDC Canada Ltd.

This next-generation network convergence is illustrated by Rogers Wireless' plans to assess the capabilities of two key Third Generation (3G) wireless technologies in a commercial trial.

This study examines both UMTS-HSDPA (Universal Mobile Telephone System - High Speed Downlink Packet Access), and IMS (Internet Multimedia Subsystem) technologies and places the recent Rogers announcement in its technological and global context, as well as offers a preliminary assessment of the impact of those technologies on the Canadian service provider landscape.