Impact of Technology Maturation on Handset and Network Performance

As devices improve and as design techniques improve handset sensitivity improves.
There is also a performance benefit conferred by volume: better control of component
tolerance. This could be observed as GSM matured over a 15-year period.
Asimilar performance evolution can be expected with IMT2000. Effectively the first
two generations of cellular have followed a 15-year maturation cycle. It is reasonable
to expect 3G technologies to follow a similar cycle.