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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 177.78-2.2%Jan 9 3:59 PM EST
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To: kech who wrote (8987)3/24/2001 9:07:05 AM
From: Getch  Read Replies (2) of 197157
 
My question has to do with the definition of 3G.

We have seen a couple more recent stories that there would be no "true 3G" in the U.S. anytime in the near future. Of course, this is annoying given the recent solid announcements of progress on the 1X series from many sources.

I seem to remember that the official definition of 3G involves the use of 5 MHz channels, in addition to the speed components. It is clear, to us anyway, that the ability to perform with less spectrum (1.25 Mhz) is at least as good (and gives the carriers much more flexibility) as using a full 5 Mhz channel. The 3X series proposed by Qualcomm does combine the spectrum into larger bands.

If it is correct that the definition for 3G requires larger channels, then the statements we have seen about no "true" 3G any time soon would be technically correct. We can then plan on continued FUD in this regard from the W-CDMA crowd when working with less than informed journalists.

P.S. My sister is a talented writer who recently left a job as a technical writer (not telecom). She constantly complained to me that she would be given one day to research and write about things in which she had little knowledge. She would try to contact 3-4 sources, learn as much as she could, and start writing. It would not be hard in telecom for the 3 sources to all be from the GSM camp, and you wind up with stories like these. Another way to look at is, how long did it take us to get up to speed on this technology? Imagine trying to do it in one day. I was reading here for almost a year before my first post.
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