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To: carl a. mehr who wrote (38774)	8/27/1999 5:32:00 AM
From: Bruce Brown	Read Replies (2) of 152472

>...the article in New York Times mentions Qualcomm: ".......The first to introduce it was Air Touch, whose Net Access service costs $4.99 per month; it requires the purchase of a $150 Qualcomm Thin Phone or another compatible handset. Air Touch will be offering the service in the next seven months in the 17 states where it operates." Good grief, no wonder the European GSM fat kitty cats don't want to let it in over here. I pay about $40 a month just for GSM service as well as paying up the wazoo per minute for outgoing and incoming calls. Need I say that in 1995, my Siemens GSM mobile phone cost me almost $1000! Thank goodness it's all tax deductible for me, but it's time these European 'Fat Cat Near Monopoly State Run Telecoms' join the new world. Politically speaking, I think any state run venture is pretty hard to run up against. Look at AOL's difficulty with Deutsche Telekom. I'm equally fearful of the GSM monopoly. I realize that CDMA could easily become the world standard without displacing the European GSM lock, so my long term look at Q is still positive. There's always room for a 'chimp'. Bring on the new technology and prices fast - please! BB

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