What's the different between UMTS and Wi-Fi ?

What's the different between UMTS and Wi-Fi ?

If installing Wi-Fi takes time and is expensive, to cover an entire nation,
qwhy can't we just use a mobile phone connected to the PC, which transmits
and receive ain broadband mode through the UMTS technology?

whats the difference between them?

> If installing Wi-Fi takes time and is expensive, to cover an entire nation,
> qwhy can't we just use a mobile phone connected to the PC, which transmits
> and receive ain broadband mode through the UMTS technology?

You can, go ahead, report back on how much it costs you and how fast it
is.

Most (new) laptops have wireless cards in them and not UMTS.

Many new phones have UMTS but not wireless.

Data rates are different, service plans are different, range is
different.

It's unlikely that WiFi will ever be used to cover an entire nation
(other than perhaps the Vatican) because it's short range. Hotspots are
another matter altogether.

> whats the difference between them?

If you want the technical difference then Google

David.

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In <4461dc53$0$36921$(E-Mail Removed)> on Wed, 10 May 2006
14:28:03 +0200, "Frenki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What's the different between UMTS and Wi-Fi ?
>
>If installing Wi-Fi takes time and is expensive, to cover an entire nation,

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimax>

>qwhy can't we just use a mobile phone connected to the PC, which transmits
>and receive ain broadband mode through the UMTS technology?

Cost.

>whats the difference between them?

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi>

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