*cdma2000 in Finland* This is an interesting development. From what I've seen so far, it might simply be a straight out commercial deal with a company in Finland which can see which way the wind is blowing and they are going to win business rather than some trade war, political battle or make a point for the Finnish motherland.
They will also know that there will be no legal battles over IPR if they use cdma2000 [unless Ericy is stupid enough to try it, which they almost certainly are, but the cost will be borne by the supplier of infrastructure as part of the sale and purchase agreement, probably funded by the CDMA Development Group as a test case].
Finland, with the highest cellphone penetration, is perhaps the best place to start a WWeb business because there will be a high proportion of people who will be ready to turn it on. People might have two phones; a GSM for yakking and a cdma2000 for WWeb stuff, at least until the cdma2000 system is built out to provide reasonable coverage.
Nokia might produce a dual mode GSM/cdma2000 handset so that subscribers could have a single device. This fits their multimode strategy. Nokia seems fairly up with market developments, despite Tero's insistence that CDMA is no good, GSM rules and Nokia only wants to produce rotten CDMA handsets so that they don't cannibalize their wonderful GSM or some such idea.
I'd say that Nokia would do very well out of a Finnish cdma2000 network and Ericy would be feeling ill. Next thing you know, Nokia and the cdma2000 infrastructure crowd will be racing like a herd of Panzers in a blitzkrieg across Europe. GSM will be doomed and cdma2000 will take over.
I don't think the cdma2000 effort in Finland is simply a political stunt. Well, it might be, but a commercial effort makes as much sense, with Nokia as the brains and money which will make it work.
Even without Nokia, the local company will have plenty of suppliers.
Thanks for the guardband and chip rate information. Seems that there will be no problem there.
Nokia will move on cdma2000 ahead of others. They got where they are by being first and best. They won't change that strategy anytime soon. First and best has included replacing perfectly good models even before competition comes over the horizon, as Tero has pointed out.
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A Finnish Internet service provider will test the European Commission's
claim it has not shut competing mobile phone technologies out of Europe.
Clari Net Oy, wholly owned by Finnish ISP Saunalahden Serveri Oy, has
applied for a license to operate a third-generation mobile phone network in
Finland using cdma2000 technology, a technology based upon today's
Interim Standard-95 CDMA systems.
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Ericy will be watching this development with a knot in their stomach.
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