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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (37)	8/15/2001 7:20:57 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) of 1002

Frank, << It appears to me that this business of generational classification (i.e., 2.5G, 3G, 4G, etc.) has gotten a bit out of hand. >> It certainly has. I believe it was Cahners In-Stat that coined the term "2.75G" when the 1xRTT "interim step to 3G" became (or attempted to become) 3G. Now we have McKinsey & Company referring to HSDPA & 1xEV-DV as 3G+ (Slide 7) in what I consider to be a pretty neat concept diagram of current and next generation networks: newamerica.net I don't really find anything unusual about starting research work and definition of next generation technology at this stage of the game. RACE I started off basic third generation research work in 1988, in Europe, fully 3 years before GSM successfully launched. << Unless the industry is willing to admit that it missed the boat altogether and must move on. >> It certainly appears that many are ready to write off 3G before it ever appears. I wasn't following the industry too closely back in 1991 when 2G GSM was attempting to launch, but I suspect there was the same type of press being generated about boats being missed at that time. << is it "technology" that we're dealing with here, or is it "word play?" I just had to ask. >> Right now, I think it is a bit of both. The fun part is trying to distinguish between "technology" and "word play?" << Call me old fashioned, but a missed boat doesn't constitute a generation gap. It just means that someone missed the boat, and the next generation is still the third. >> Can't say I disagree with you on that. - Eric -

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