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To: Eric L who wrote (277)	7/27/1999 2:55:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 13582

Sprint to Buy Subsidiaries of Internet Provider WBS America Kansas City, Missouri, July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Corp., the No. 3 U.S. long-distance phone company, agreed to buy pay-TV and Internet-service provider WBS America LLC's operating units, which provide high-speed wireless connections, for $108 million less assumed debt. Kansas City, Missouri-based Sprint will use the units' licenses, which have the potential to reach about 2 million households, to supply customers with voice, video and Internet connections. Closely held WBS operates in California and Florida markets including Sacramento, California, and West Palm Beach, Florida. Sprint and other long-distance companies are buying up wireless cable companies, whose technology and high-speed licenses could allow them to link directly to customer and avoid leasing lines from local Bell telephone companies. This acquisition, combined with other recent purchases, allows Sprint to offer high-speed services to almost 30 million households. Sprint fell 13/16 to 50 5/8 in midafternoon trading.

To: Eric L who wrote (277)	7/27/1999 2:57:00 PM
From: Floody	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

General question to anyone on Q thread? Does terayon's S-CDMA have anything to do with Q's CDMA ?

To: Eric L who wrote (277)	7/27/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: w molloy	Respond to of 13582

<<devices>> Wireless Data Have to comment on some of this... "The American carriers do not have a middle-term technology comparable to GPRS in Europe," This is absolute BS!!! 1. There is no commercial GPRS in Europe. The first demonstrations of GPRS are expected in February next year, with the first handsets expected in the summer next year 2. GPRS is virtually a clone of the AMPS based CDPD, which has been available here in the US for a couple of years now. CDPD actually offers a superior data rate, 19200bps vs 14000bps IMO GPRS will have the same degree of commercial success as CDPD i.e virtually zero. The data rates are far too slow. <aside> I hear whispers that CDPD may actually be 're-launched'. ""The latest mobile phone to draw oohs and aahs here has a tiny camera that sends a shaky TV-style color image to a small screen on the other party's telephone -- assuming that it too is a video phone. That cellular video phone will be introduced by the Kyocera Corp. this month, for about $335, and it is as tiny as any other mobile phone, easily fitting into a shirt pocket." " This is (I believe) a PHS based device. PHS is also down the toilet commercially speaking, despite offering the best data rate (64kbps) of all the current wireless standards (GSM and IS-95/707 included). Conclusion - there is hardly a 'rush' to wireless data services. Rather there is a hectic jog to 3G (EDGE et al)which will be hosted on PDA type devices. Having used Short Message Service (SMS) on GSM 'phones in Europe, I'm convinced that wireless 'phone's will remain pretty pretty much as they are today function wise. Composing even short messages on a numeric keypad is a pain in the ass. A small PDA device, with a useable alpha keyboard and a decent display is the way to go for wireless data devices JMHO w.