re: Dear Kim, ...
From the archives: Excepts from a letter dated September 10, 2001, from Dr. Irwin Jacobs to Representative Kim Hyong-o, Chairman of Science, Technology, Information and Telecommunication Committee National Assembly, Seoul, Korea.
Dear Rep. Hyong-O Kim,
<snip>
In my view, the major shortcoming of the pioneering third generation effort in Korea, as well as a potentially costly decision that perhaps should be examined by your committee, is the mislabeling of CDMA2000 1xRTT in Korea as 2.5G technology. (IS-95B is 2.5G technology and the Korean deployments were the first of any 2.5G technology deployed world-wide). This mislabeling of CDMA2000 has reduced the world-wide benefits to Korea of this great accomplishment and allowed one company in Japan to continue to falsely claim the title of first with 3G despite their repeated delays and performance shortfalls. Indeed, Korean operators are currently the only operators with commercial services achieving the requirements of the ITU for third generation systems.
<snip>
Very truly yours,
Irwin Mark Jacobs
Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm
Published in an 8 page issue of "Telecom Insider" (Issue 3 - 12 October 2001) devoted to Qualcomm & Korea that asks the question "Is Irwin Jacobs An Arrogant Monopolist Or A Shrewd Businessman?"
TelecomTV editor Guy Daniels provides background on the Qualcomm/Korea relationship and Grahame Lynch adds commentary in an article titled "Dr. Jacobs Versus The Koreans":
telecomtv.com
- Eric - |
