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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 165.07-1.0%3:59 PM EST

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To: Clarksterh who wrote (26008)8/23/2002 4:54:01 PM
From: foundation  Read Replies (2) of 196666
 
re: three times as many towers

"Give the governments back their 2.1-GHz spectrum, tell them what they can do with it, and at the same time get them to relax their "GSM only" stance on the existing bands. Then add in a little magic: Take a block of the existing GSM/GPRS spectrum and overlay CDMA2000 1X."

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Though to your point, I suspect Seybold is being conservative.

There appears only one way (with present technology) to shrink asynchronous handset's search window to facilitate reliable handoff and minimize power drain - greater cell station density. But 3X? Likely not. <g>
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