Bellwether Nokia also cut forecasts. Against this precarious industry backdrop, the phone makers themselves are clearly more worried about lifting slumping handset sales than acting upon the concerns of an industry about phone service that hasn't yet been released. These phones are only capable of making and receiving voice calls. The voice and data travel from one phone to the next at speeds of 14.4kbps. That could spell certain disaster in today's massively complex networks.
Carriers share some networks, or pass off customer coverage to each other.
Pieces of a carrier's network, made up of towers and bay stations, are located across the globe. Inside just one of these bay stations is an entire world of computing, with up to 50 applications, four different central processing units and millions of pieces of software. They are pretty crash-resistant. You can never discount the possibility, but outside of computers, very few electronic products crash. Except for two weeks ago, of course.