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To: foundation who wrote (11996)	5/29/2001 12:17:11 PM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (1) of 34857

Ben, maybe you missed the point that in Korea nobody bid in the original round for cdma2000 or any other of its bastardisations. The government obviously wanted to support local manufacturers, the only reason for mandating a license for cdma2000. Now that prospect of competing standards is rather a mute point. Having competing standards delays competitve pricing (most users don't give a crap about underlying technology anyway). The obvious success of GSM is testimony to the fact that having the same standard provides economy of scale along with flat out price competition (apples to apples comparisons). Isn't this one of the several reasons that the US lags behind most parts of the wireless world in mobile uptake, choice and usage? (Yes, I know receiving part pays is the main detractor)

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