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To: limtex who wrote (25499)	5/29/2000 11:49:00 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) of 54805

limtex, << Why is GSM allowed in the US? Why? Where is the DoJ or the Trade or Commerce Dept >> Because, unlike the EU, that mandated a single standard for digital wireless mobile telephony (for very good reasons given the alphabet soup mess they were in), we opted for free enterprise and competition for wireless technologies. If we had followed the European model beck in 1994 when we we were preparing to auction 1900 MHz PCS spectrum (and preparing to convert 800 MHz spectrum to digital) and opted for a single standard it is HIGHLY likely that you and I would be talking on TDMA mobiles today. Remember, back in 94, CDMA was commercially unproven. IS-136 is essentially an At&T standard even though backed by 2 other powerful regionals (BS & SBC). As a result of our decisions we now have 2 well established national cdma networks in the US, cdma flourishing worldwide, and cdma poised to be the dominant air interface in the world by 2006, or 2007. I am somewhat of a cheerleader for Verizon (formerly BAM in my case) because I can roam nationally at modest cost. As a user I also benefit from the fact that I can use a US (GSM) subscription and phone number to roam in seamlessly in Europe On VoiceStream (formerly Omnipoint). Because my CDMA carrier is one of the largest and most powerful GSM carriers in the world, shortly (not short enough for my taste) I'll be able to ditch the second mobile subscription and IMSI. I like the way we did it. I'm a satisfied mobile user. Qualcomm has flourished. I own QCOM. :-) - Eric -

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