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NTT DoCoMo have announced that a prototype phone has achieved data transfer speeds of 2.5Gbps whilst travelling at 20kph. This is insane! 3G never offered the data rates we were led to believe (which was OK, ‘cos we didn’t really believe them!). Recently, HSDPA, or ‘Super3G’ technology has been making news with data transfer speeds of 3.6Mbps (and a theoretical maximum of 14.4Mbps). But this new 4G technology from DoCoMo simply brings tears to the eyes!

Back in 1998, I worked on a European telecoms project that tried to marry ATM with GSM (or a 622Mbps channel to a 9.6kbps channel!). Transferring data over mobile back then was like trying to pump out a lake with a straw. But 2.5Gbps!! This changes everything! Suddenly, mobile servers and true global ubiquitous mobile P2P networks seem a very real possibility.

Read how NTT DoCoMo achieved 2.5Gbps after the jump.

[Source: Slashphone]