Here is some classic Cabi anti-CDMA bias. Unfortunately, it lists his old number from where he used to work:
SOUTH AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES SUPPORT TDMA AS DIGITAL NETWORKS EXPAND
UWC Responds to Growth, Hosts Wireless Application Conference in
Punta Del Este, Uruguay Oct. 27-29
DALLAS – Sept. 11, 1997 – TDMA is fast becoming the standard for digital wireless communications throughout South America, according to the Universal Wireless Communications (UWC) Consortium. With this region now recognized as the fourth largest economic power in the world, the adoption of this standard is particularly significant, due to the vast amount of capital resources being invested in the new digital infrastructure.
The expansion and conversion of the network infrastructure from cellular to digital has taken place rapidly across the continent. Mercosur, an economic organization consisting of companies in telecommunications and other industries in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, has been a prominent backer of the adoption of TDMA. These member nations have a combined population of 200 million and cover nearly 70 percent of the total land mass of South America.
"The winning bidders, not the government, in Brazil's 6-band cellular license auction, were also an important fact in the adoption of TDMA across that country," states Wireless Wave, a publication of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Technology Group.
The reversal by operators in Brazil back to D-AMPS TDMA technology began with the cost advantage that TDMA maintains on a per-subscriber basis. "TDMA has met the arbitrary $700 per subscriber cost to the operator whereas CDMA has not." Also, CDMA has been unable to meet the capacity expectations set by its investors. The time-to-market advantage of D-AMPS also appears to be superior to CDMA. "Ample infrastructure is available from [UWC members] Ericsson, Lucent and Nortel, with each vendor having a full portfolio of base stations, from micro to macro cells," states Wireless Wave.
Responding to South America's tremendous growth in digital wireless communications the UWC chose Punta Del Este, Uruguay to be the site of its international wireless conference Oct. 27-29. The UWC consists of 68 leading vendors and operators of wireless products and services, delivering an enhanced portfolio of global mobility services across spectral, market and subscriber bands. The conference focuses on an industry commitment to a TDMA digital standard and will assist attendees in exploring partnership opportunities in the wireless arena. The conference also features a demonstration of dual-band digital wireless services, including interoperability across multiple vendor platforms – with a single terminal.
Key chief executive officers and many high-level management carrier members from the UWC Board of Governors will be speaking at the conference, including AT&T Wireless Services, BellSouth Cellular Corp., Cellcom, Celumovil, Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems, Lucent Technologies, Mobikom, Movilnet, Nokia Mobile Phones, Nortel, Pacific Link Communications, Rogers Cantel, Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, SPT Telecom, Tandem Computers, Telecom New Zealand and Vimpelcom.
Government telecommunications personnel and press representatives, with appropriate identification, are free to attend the conference as guests of the UWC.
UWC members in Latin American countries are: Celumovil, Colombia; COMCEL S.A., Colombia; MCOMCAST S.A., Brazil; Movilnet, Venezuela; Otecel S.A., Ecuador; Startel S.A., Chile; Telecom Personal S.A., Argentina; Unifon, Argentina; Ancel, Uruguay; Miniphone S.A., Argentina; and Conecel S.A., Ecuador.
The UWC members support TDMA, a digital air interface complimented by the Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) internetwork standard. The UWC is a limited liability company formed in Washington State in 1995.
Copies of the Wireless Wave article are available by calling Marc Cabi at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Technology Group, (212) 469-5314.
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