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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 172.72-4.4%Nov 4 3:59 PM EST
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To: Jamie153 who wrote (159672)8/6/2019 11:55:14 AM
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Jamie -- Actually AT&T came into the cellular service sector quite late, by buying McCaw Cellular, changing the name to Cellular One, around 1992, or about 10 years after the breakup. McCaw Cellular was a 1G service provider. AT&T converted to digital in its Cellular One service, using a system known as TDMA (time division multiple access), developed by Hughes. The system was inferior to CDMA, which used spectrum about 5 to 15 times more efficiently than TDMA, but AT&T felt more comfortable working with an established business like Hughes, rather than a startup like QCOM.

In other words, AT&T never was, or even wanted to be at the cutting edge of wireless technology. But the technology did give them the ability to access local users, circumventing the regional Bell landlines that were separated from AT&T in the earlier antitrust decision.

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