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To: DaveMG who wrote (1721)	4/6/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (1) of 34857

What if... China could go 90% GSM. But, will they be happy with what they have? Will they be faced with dropped and blocked calls? That doesn't sound very useful... Which will offer cheaper calling plans? Will GSM reach 90% in China with those problems? For China to see the future, all they need to do is travel through the metropolitan areas of Europe to preview how bad it will get. Something doesn't jive with your opinion, Tero. Why would Chinese providers give multi-hundred-million contracts to Lucent for the single purpose of getting into the WTO organization? If my memory serves me correctly, China was sold on GSM with the promise of a quick follow-on of WCDMA to solve their inevitable capacity problems. Why would China invest in universal coverage of an old and inadequate standard because it was cheap only to turn around and deploy the newest, unproven, and most expensive standard(WCDMA)? All this to solve voice traffic congestion? The Chinese are buying into this knowing WCDMA involves a complete replacement of all hardware past the base station manager? Competition between standards in the US has served me very well. But, know this: CDMAOne cuts my monthly bill in half (SprintPCS) compared to the local GSM provider. Probably explains why PrimeCO and other CDMA operators are ripping consumers away from the incumbent GSM and TDMA operators in the US. Perhaps we can see the future after all... No?

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