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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (2018)	8/11/1999 3:23:00 PM
From: John F.	Respond to of 34857

Tero, thanks for the response. But, some analysts may have had a knee-jerk reaction on the news thinking that if WCOM, T, and FON all move quickly to 5 cent long distance, the lower wired long distance rates could slow the migration to mobile phones here in the US. Also, many analysts, when confronted with a downturn, just hit the "Sell All Tech Stocks" button (ie: sell QQQ) on their screen..rather than taking the time to enter separate orders to sell various tech issues. Thanks again for your response. Like a lot of folks here, I appreciate your take on things.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (2018)	8/11/1999 5:46:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Nokia should do really well in cdmaOne and cdma2000 handset devices when they get going. The retro-tech cdmaOne handsets will remain attractive for many people for whom price is their primary motivation, as well as good quality sound. The cdmaOne networks have the inherent advantage of technological pathway to the future. While GSM is in glorious fractalized definition at the periphery [the handsets], the infrastructure air interface foundation is a little like the ancestors of the Neanderthals. A splendid evolutionary achievement until out of Africa arrived Homo sapiens sapiens. Initially, the Neanderthals had the numbers and home ground advantage, but their foundations were on insecure and outdated technology. Little by little [instantaneously in Neanderthal replacement terms] the advantage of CDMA will encroach on the world of GSM until the inevitable happens. At the end of this year, cdmaOne will have sold 53,141,592 handsets. GSM reached that figure only a couple of years ago. Guess which one has the higher growth rate. The monthly sales of cdmaOne handsets was supposed to exceed GSM by May next year [my wilder prediction from a couple of years ago]. Maybe it won't quite get there, but it will be getting warm. I thought China would have moved quicker than they have. Bombing customers isn't the brightest thing to do. Keeping them out of WTO deals is not that clever either. So it isn't surprising that things have gone slower there. Maurice