Lacking, however, were details on pricing - the issue most important to customers.
Users say higher speeds are necessary to ensure widespread adoption of wireless Web services.
Companies so far have declined to provide price plans. Verizon Wireless in Bedminster, N.J., will provide similar throughputs, analysts and industry experts said, since Verizon and Sprint PCS will build 3G networks based on Code Division Multiple Access technology developed by Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego. Charles Levine, president of Sprint PCS, said that despite the sizable investment required to upgrade the company's networks, the actual work should be relatively easy. While the carriers trumpeted their infrastructure plans, they kept mum about pricing. It is going to happen, but it will probably take longer than anyone thinks.