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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (373)	7/29/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: engineer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

<<BTW, cdmaOne handsets may handle fast data rates as they evolve, but I bet you will need new handsets to run the applications to make use of these services? >> As will ALL the handsets out there today. If, however teh handsets are merely modems to other devices which actually run the aplications, then the handsets do not need to be modified from the current design they have.

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (373)	7/30/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 13582

GPRS Mika, there is new hardware. New handsets and new base station controller. From that blurb about it: <...the two new nodes that are added to the network can be combined and deployed at a central point in the network. The rest of the GSM network solely requires a software upgrade, apart from the BSC, which requires new hardware... > Operators have got to get their technology trajectories right. Those who chose GSM in the past year or two are going to have a lumpy path to the future. Feel sorry for OneTel in Australia who will be completing their network just in time for obsolescence at the end of this year. Edge is in trouble. GPRS too. NTT sweating as cdmaOne gains market share very quickly. ATT is sitting there on their monster TDMA network, wondering what to do next. Their subscribers aren't going to be impressed when they get told that's all finished. Then again, handsets are cheap and people upgrade them quickly. Nice to hear about the ThinPhone frenzy. The cdmaOne tsunami is fun already. Crowds getting tickets to wait in line to get a phone. Seems the price should go up to slow the crowds down. As well as build production lines in China with that $1bn. Mqurice