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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (312)	7/24/1996 11:00:00 PM
From: Grainne	of 1819

Maurice, there is an article in "Business Week", July 29 issue about Motorola and its decision to offer only CDMA equipment in the USA, although about a quarter of PCS operators plan to use GSM. It quotes David Lasier, president of Telecom Wireless Solutions, Inc., an Atlanta consulting firm, as saying "Strategically, they made a big mistake", and should have positioned themselves to offer both GSM and CDMA in the US. The article goes on to say that some phone companies that have tested CCMA say it offers only six times the capacity of analog--about the same as GSM, and that since GSM has been around longer, especially in Europe, the components are about 40% cheaper. Also, that while about half of US PCS networks are planned around CDMA, there is just one commercial CDMA operation in the US. The article is long (and tedious for a non-techie), but goes on to say that Motorola now is also planning to offer some GSM equipment in a year in the US. Also that GSM is the agreed-upon standard in Europe, and is also spreading across Asia. What impact would this have on Qualcomm (if any)? Christine

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