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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 180.21-1.2%Jan 7 3:59 PM EST
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To: EJhonsa who wrote (5075)11/30/2000 6:53:40 PM
From: John Biddle   of 197115
 
All in all, the execs at Verizon and Sprint PCS have to be smiling right now. While AWE spends a fortune tearing down existing equipment, and building out a completely new network from scratch, all that their company will have to do next year is change a few channel cards and perhaps install some new software...and they'll still somehow end up with better technology to offer to their subscribers.

I agree heartily with this. What I don't understand is why Sprint and Verizon aren't attacking 1x full speed ahead to gain as big a lead as possible.

If 1x works as expected and is way ahead in terms of availability, people will come to expect 1x performance as the wireless web standard. They won't accept anything less from the likes of AT&T or Cingular. However, if both services start out at about the same time, good marketing can do much to confuse the public and GPRS will get lots of subscribers.

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