A glimpse into the future of 3G can yield a terrifying array of acronyms and competing standards. But really the future's simple -- the consumer just wants to switch on their phone and get great service. The UMTS Idiots Guilde is here to help both the consumer and the business user understand what is about to happen!

The road to 3G is, most experts agree, a journey worth making -- bringing us multimedia phones with huge and exciting potential. But as with all roads to promised lands it will be strewn with rocks and hazardous hurdles. Significant among these is the need to roll out an entire set of standards to bridge the voice data divide, leaving many questioning what the alphabet soup of standards will mean for 3G.