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To: Raymond who wrote (8566)	2/17/1998 1:06:00 AM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (2) of 152472

Raymond, I appreciate your knowledge and your insight to GSM. But, how is the GSM MAP protocol going to make my life as a consumer easier? With the QCP2700, every CDMA provider has dual-mode phones available to provide universal coverage. While MAP is superior in ways most customers don't understand (or even the providers), was it such a bad idea to chose IS41 to meet market demands? Your assertion that MAP is the primary reason why GSM leads sounds suspect. Just where is the concentration of GSM? It doesn't appear to be on this hemisphere. I have heard many justifications for the GSM "smart card" and the "smart chip." Can I equate that with "dropped calls?" Do we really change phones that often? Are there smart-chip phones available that don't fail? B-) I do apologize for bringing DECT into this foray. The totaltele article mentioned DECT but only in the sense that the ETSI WCDMA standard would replace DECT in WLL applications. I am losing my memory in my old age. UTRA wants to solve GSM's capacity problem at the expense of coverage. All that for more data? Where is the customer base that can justify the cost of high-rate WLL data in the face of wired economics? Since the hardware is a small part of the cost of a single base station, I don't see how "economies of scale" can help. It still costs the same to erect an antenna, get electrical service, lay the fiber infastructure, get permits, etc... Since base stations rely on a network of their own, when will customer density justify wireless data? As far as GSM in Chile, I wonder how well it will compete cost-wise, as capacity becomes an issue. Did the GSM provider get vendor financing? Chilesat stands to be another contribution to Qcom's profits. Qcom has yet another side-by-side comparison opportunity. I have no problem with it.

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