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To: Bux who wrote (8904)	4/19/2000 5:15:00 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (3) of 13582

Bux, There are WCDMA handsets in the guise as you know them. When participating in a few WCDMA trials most of the vendors had the large 'engineering' handsets (20kgs!), however a few Japanese manufactures came along for interoperability tests with very small handsets. Was very impressed. These were also on show at T99 in Geneva, and I have sung my praises about NEC's little WCDMA handset with video attachment (attached wirelessly -Bluetooth- to boot). However, the power consumption demands may be a problem (to be honest i don't know), but this makes little difference in rolling out networks. Who remembers the first mobile phones - half sized jerry cans and that was the battery. It took less than 4 years to get them to pocket size and they are still getting smaller (maybe too small). The final WCDMA standard is certainly not as far away as some here are touting. I expect the first commercial WCDMA network up and running by the end of next year. Yep, I am betting on the Isle of Man who already issued BT a license. It is small enough to roll-out a network to cover 70% of the population in a matter of months. M

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