Eric L: Would appreciate your considered opinion after the careful review you take the time to do.
<<SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2001--QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced it has published a white paper titled ``The Economics of Wireless Mobile Data.'' The paper analyzes the cost to deliver wireless data over various 2.5G and 3G technologies. The paper concludes that the network cost to deliver one megabyte of wireless data will fall from several U.S. dollars with 2G technologies to approximately US$.02 with 3G CDMA technologies, enabling the economic provisions of a broad range of new wireless services.
These favorable economics combined with existing and new compelling applications, high data rates and improved data devices, are expected to promote a rapid increase in mobile data, nearing the usage levels of today's wireline Internet. QUALCOMM believes wireless mobile average data volumes are poised to exceed 200 megabytes per user per month by the year 2006, which will surpass wireline usage levels in 1999, when wireline usage was estimated to be nearly 200 megabytes per user per month (based on AT&T® Labs -- Research, ``Internet growth: Is there a 'Moore's Law' for data traffic?,'' July 2000, and ``The size and growth rate of the Internet,'' Coffman & Odlyzko, October 1998). Accordingly, QUALCOMM believes operators must select and deploy the most efficient 3G solution, in a timely manner, to be competitive.
``QUALCOMM has demonstrated that all 3G CDMA technologies provide a significantly better economic picture than alternative 2.5G and 3G technologies,'' said Anthony Thornley, executive vice president and chief financial officer of QUALCOMM. ``cdma2000 1x and cdma2000 1xEV should provide the quickest time-to-market, lowest cost for voice and data, breadth of services and return on investment to the operator of any 3G technology.''
The white paper is available on the Company's Web site at qualcomm.com
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Best.
Chaz
PS. Note. This contains an attempt to compare throughput which you suggested is the best way to meaningful analysis. |
