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To: Mazman who wrote (5844)	7/19/1999 12:27:00 PM
From: Rajala	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 29987

>Do you see the chief markets for satellite phones as... >...(2) ...as a back up or filler system for cell networks in >N America and Western Europe where dropped calls are a problem. In N America the dropped calls may very well be a problem, but not in W Europe. This is because GSM is pretty robust in terms of dropped calls, and established W European operators generally have good quality networks. A good operator has dropped call ratios less than 4% which include bullet trains full of businessmen carrying a conversation with their lovers (France) at 200 km/h, batteries going flat, people falling into sewage tunnel manholes etc. Why the quality of the operators is higher in W Europe than in the states? For two reasons: bands were generally not auctioned for highest bidder, which is a strangling punitive tariff, IMO. Secondly the SIM card based GSM phones (and the fact that all the operators use GSM) provides for real competition. You can have different SIM cards, size of a thumb nail, in your wallet and switch your operator in 10 seconds. - rajala