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To: Clarksterh who wrote (67)1/22/1999 6:17:00 PM
From: Clarksterh  Read Replies (2) of 426
 
A 'must read' article on Vodaphone pressure for convergence and WLL service in the US:

exchange2000.com

Excerpt:

This last item that has a lot of people intrigued right now because with its muscle the new giant can write a de facto technology standard for third-generation systems enabling a wide variety of data, Internet access and video services. "We'd like to pull all the 3G factions together [under a standard that is] backward compatible with [global system for mobile communications] and cdmaOne," Sarin said. "When everybody designs to one standard, a thousand flowers bloom."

Commentary - Ericsson is sweating now!!!!

Excerpt 2:

Western set up the demonstration project to show the potential of fixed wireless to bring competition to the local loop, ...

All that big-picture thinking was lost on the LEC, however. In a competitive fit, it shut off the numbers, leaving Western's subscribers unable to receive callbacks from 911 dispatchers or anyone else.

Consolidated's knee-jerk reaction gave the wireless industry a perfect opportunity to clarify how commercial radio service providers offering fixed services should be regulated and made Western look absolutely brilliant. Clearly, CTC [the LEC] can't legally refuse to interconnect.

Clark
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