Yes, Maurice....
"In summary, I mostly believe Irwin Jacobs when he says EDGE is not a good solution. Then I read between the lines and wonder who benefits from what. I see a desperate scramble in the GSM world. The CDMA world has a multitude of competitors. The GSM world is protected with huge IPR costs [though people keep moaning about derisory CDMA royalties] and Nokia and Ericy have a BIG GSM market share - they want that to remain as long as possible. When CDMA is ruling the aether, Nokia and Ericy will be just another couple of also-rans."
Still not quite getting the IPR issue right. The main suppliers/vendors all cross license GSM IPR so there is virtually no add-on cost to the customer (operator), where as IS-95 has one big fat company claiming royalties for IPR and so the cost is higher and past on to the customer. As I keep reminding you, the main IPR holder in GSM is actually an American vendor - Motorola. As for the CDMA a world, it is a very small one. Even Africa is on a GSM roll and I am sure that American vendor wont say 'No':
Egypt's Orascom Aims For Pan-African Mobile Network
By a staff reporter
14 February 2000
Egyptian mobile operator Orascom Telecom has bought an 80% stake in South Africa based Telecel International Ltd. for $213 million, the Financial Times reported yesterday.
"With this move, we have become the biggest GSM operator in the Middle East and Africa, moving towards our goal of becoming 'the' third-world operator," Naguib Sawaris, OT chairman, told the newspaper.
Telecel International has installed GSM networks across Africa and holds cellular licenses in: Benin, Burundi, Chad, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 1997, it installed Zambia's first digital cellular network, using CDMA technology.
OT, part of private Egyptian technology and construction company, Orascom Group, was part of a consortium alongside France Telecom and Motorola Inc. which acquired Egyptian Mobile Telephone Services Co. (EMTS). It also has an interest in Jordan, and plans expansion into Syria and Yemen, the newspaper said.
from:
totaltele.com
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