Quote from Jarit Sidhu:

Jarit Sidhu, market analyst for IDC research Thailand says, "The launch of 3G services may have only limited impact on the mid-end and high-end smartphone markets since almost all of the handsets already support 3G. Vendors have been offering 3G handsets to the market long before the emergence of 3G services. The significant impact, however, is likely to be seen in the entry-level smartphone market as operators will try to convert their existing feature phone users to data-craving smartphones via the introduction of cheaper smartphones and data packages, additional services and additional contents such as e-books and music streaming."

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