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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 180.90+2.1%Oct 31 9:30 AM EST
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To: foundation who wrote (19184)2/17/2002 1:27:48 PM
From: foundation   of 196396
 
re: TDMA ops do not reveal full costs

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There are lessons here for Latin American 800mhz TDMA carriers... are they listening?

"..But all that equipment can't be used unless Cingular sacrifices numerous TDMA channels at 800MHz in order to bring on GSM/GPRS, a task expected to incur significant capital costs... 32 TDMA voice calls could be sacrificed in exchange for seven GSM voice calls..."

"..What makes the chore more challenging is that markets at capacity... will require additional TDMA cell sites simply because the existing sites don't have excess capacity that can be dedicated to GSM technologies. Ironically, it appears Cingular will have to further build out its TDMA networks in order to migrate away from them before eventually phasing them out.."

"..Complicating the engineering issues is the fact that GSM is less efficient than TDMA and will demand more base stations than are now built out for existing TDMA networks."

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"..it appears Cingular will have to further build out its TDMA networks in order to migrate away from them before eventually phasing them out.."

This is perhaps the most amusing (and tortured) concept I've heard yet.
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