Joe, yes, contracting for say 500 minutes per month is a real pain. All guesswork and you have to pay more per minute if you go over or under that. Which everybody must do. Annoying customers always seems a dumb way of doing business. The company which introduces calling party pays, and charges a market price for each minute will get a lot of customers. Assuming of course they have equal FoneFunctionality.
Confirming "I'll take the red one" marketing, a daughter has decided on which phone she wants. A bit more to it than that, but colour of the plastic is an important issue.
Meanwhile, my QCP820 has been sending signals back to San Diego and I got in the post yesterday a promotional agenda for:
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THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN CDMA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Including Special Sessions on the New Zealand Market
15 & 16 March 1999, The Wentworth Hotel, Sydney
Gain the critical technical, marketing and strategic information you need to design, launch and build your CDMA business [Ed: I suspect you would build and THEN launch your CDMA business but then again, maybe they mean launch the business concept preparatory to building the network. Anyway, on with the quote]
Critical issues addressed include:
*Latest updates on cdmaOne deployments & developments worldwide
*Evaluating cdmaOne as a telecoms solution for Australia & replacement for the AMPS network
*Planning & deploying a new cdmaOne network
*Coverage, capacity, clarity & cost - How does cdmaOne compare?
*Optimising customer-driven marketing & strategic development to build your CDMA business
*Migration path of cdmaOne to 3G Mobile Communications Systems
*Latest hi-speed data, broadband and Internet Services over CDMA
Hear from leading Australian & International cdmaOne Operators & Technology Experts including:
[Ed... then they go on to list all the presenters, who are people from Telstra [3]
Airtouch [2]
CDMA Development Group [2]
Leap Wireless [1]
SK Telecom [1]
Mobileone Singapore [1]
KT Freetel Korea [1]
DDI Corp Japan [1]
AND our very own Katharine Moody, who is the Manager for Spectrum Management of the Ministry of Commerce in New Zealand as well as a senior representative from the Ministry of Commerce. Don't know who that will be. As well as Harvey Calder, Manager Strategic Sectors of Azimuth Consulting in New Zealand]
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New Zealand gets 90 minutes in day 2, so it isn't top of the pops, but it sure is coming into play.
The subjects for NZ:
*Overview of Wireless Communications in the NZ market.
Evaluating the current status of the New Zealand wireless market and forecasting future growth and direction.
*Evaluating the Spectrum Regime and opportunities for new technology entrants.
The NZ spectrum rights regime
Evaluating recent legislative enhancements
Management rights and service provider technology choice
Overview of the internet auction system
The Forthcoming 1.7-2.3 GHz spectrum rights auction
Spectrum packaging at 2GHz
Planning for IMT2000 and MSS at 2GHz
2GHz spectrum rights and CDMA technology opportunities
*Presenting a Business and Strategic Overview of the NZ telecoms market and examining the potential for takeup of CDMA technology.
Independent overview of the market - main players, market position and likely future developments
Evaluating the key busines and strategic drivers for the NZ telecoms market; vendors and operators
Current status and future options for CDMA technology in market
Main players - possible plans for CDMA implementation, opportunities and constraints
Of course there is heaps more during the rest of the time applicable to Australia and both.
It'll cost you A$1900 to go along.
So, this time next year, cdmaOne should be well on its way into NZ with Auckland the main market. I suppose Leap will jump in.
Meanwhile, In Oz:
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newspage.com
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have another competitor in the Australian mobile network market considered to be worth AU$3bn. Hutchinson Telecoms has awarded Samsung Electronics Australia a contract worth AU$340m to build a new CDMA network in Sydney and Melbourne to be completed by March 2000. A fifth competitor also looks set to join the Australian market with One.Tel Communications predicted to create a new GSM network in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The company has apparently raised US$30m to fund the network.
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One.Tel Communications to create a NEW GSM network worth US$30m?!! Somebody is aiming to lose their shirt! Haven't they heard of W3G?
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