Latency used to be a concern only for the telephone people, eager to avoid an unnatural delay in conversations.

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The only things that make money for telephone carriers are voice services.

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For now only small sums can be transferred via telephone accounts, but there is no limit to the technology.

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Not only will it take time for the new networks to duplicate the coverage that the more than 200m mobile telephone users in Europe are already used to, but the fancier the services that operators plan to offer, the more difficult and costly this will be.

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