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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (113572)2/17/2002 10:59:10 PM
From: pcstel  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Caxton: Cell phones and driving are a big problem, and law will require hands free headsets in the near future.

So I guess that since your phone will be sitting in a hands free kit anyway (by law). Then using Globalstar to provide highway, to dirt road roaming for a carrier that wants the roaming coverage area (like LWIN) without building out all that expensive infrastructure and it's associated monthly OpEx for those driving through Death Valley, or up I-5 thru Northern California?

After all, they can probably build the antennas into windshields. And something to think about.. How small could you build a G* phone using RadioOne technology? After all, part of the G* phone design challange was the large difference between the forward and reverse link frequencies. Unlike PCS phones whose link frequencies are only about 80 Mhz apart. Globalstar's link frequencies were 100's of Mhz apart! If you get rid of all of the cross-talk sensitive IF components with RadioOne. I think you could make a pretty small phone! Imagine the compeditive pressure if VZ or PCS could offer a dual band phone that is small and compact, and could roam anywhere outside of their coverage area for let's say 15 cents a minute?

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