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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
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To: foundation who wrote (31776)1/27/2003 6:03:38 PM
From: Jim Mullens  Read Replies (2) of 197244
 
Ben, Re: Soma Networks- Soma Networks is a Qualcomm licensee, listed by itself under Non-Standard Systems.

Some retained notes on Soma Networks -

1. CEO Yatish Pathak believes the system -- consisting of base-stations built by Selectron and customer units made by Sharp -- can be deployed profitably at $25 per subscriber per month.

2. Another group of second-generation fixed wireless systems, being developed by companies such as Soma Networks and IPWireless, are based on Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access standard, the same technology behind 3G cell phones. In general, OFDM works best when users are stationary. CDMA is better at handling users on the move.

Both flavors of the technology have some drawbacks. As with cable modem networks, broadband wireless networks force users to share a limited amount of bandwidth. The single connection used by townsfolk in Pocahontas has significantly smaller capacity than most cable systems, at a total 3 megabits per second. Just 6 of the 175 customers running their modems flat out would choke the system. So far that hasn't been a problem, says city administrator Greg A. Fritz, since most traffic comes in bursts.
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