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To: Chris Reeder who wrote (738)	9/11/1996 6:47:00 AM
From: Chris Reeder	of 1819

Well here is some interesting news boys and girls, you to Jim. Japan Moves Toward CDMA Source: Electronic Buyers News Washington, Electronic Buyers News via Individual Inc. : Japan is throwing its support behind the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) format in the global battle to develop a standard, third-generation handheld wireless communicator. The Japanese Ministry of Post and Telecommunications will set up a government/industry consortium in October to develop a new data/video wireless device based on the CDMA digital format. Unlike many other Japanese consortia, this group will be open to foreign vendors. James Caile, vice president of marketing at Motorola Cellular Subscriber Group, said his company has been in discussions with the Japanese ministry and will join the new effort. "With the explosive wireless communication market growth in Japan, that country has truly opened up its market to foreign suppliers in the last few years," he said. Other U.S. wireless suppliers said Japan is especially eager to work with foreign equipment makers with greater capability in CDMA systems. Most Japanese makers of cellular and PCS equipment are only now developing CDMA gear. An exception is Sony, which has formed a joint venture with Qualcomm Corp., San Diego, a CDMA leader, to make wireless handsets under that format. Most others fell behind on CDMA as they built digital handsets under Japan's PDC standard. The mushrooming growth of wireless phones in Japan threatens to use up all the available spectrum in that country. The government is reportedly interested in CDMA's ability to pack more subscribers onto a frequency, easing spectrum congestion. Any Japanese support for CDMA would boost that standard in the global competition with rival formats: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), used in Europe and some Asian countries, and TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), used in the United States. An ad hoc global working group has been meeting regularly to see if any common ground in standards and hardware can be forged between the rival digital formats. Copyright - 1996 CMP Media Inc.

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