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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (37945)	8/12/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Skip, Europe as delegated additional B/W This is what Mika has been saying for a while. In Europe 3G networks will occupy newly auctioned off spectrum and sit "side by side" with 2G(1/2) GSM/GPRS/EDGE. In principle I suppose high speed data can be allocated to the new spectrum network and voice to the old, assuming a carrier has slices of both. Here in US, Sprint etc must make do with existing spectrum. What I fail to understand however is what ATT will do to get to 3G. Unless I've mistaken WCDMA is not going to fit within the existing spectrum allocation? What gives? Dave

To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (37945)	8/12/1999 9:33:00 PM
From: qdog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Let me reduce it to real simplistic terms. QCOM is a participant in a global appetite for telecommunications. It's part of a fabric of companies that can deliver a solution to the ever demanding appetite for communications. It is not the only company that will do business. When you hear the term "wireless" it may not include QCOM, but it by no means affects their aspect in this revolution. Nor are they the top dog. That changes and rapidly, primarily by the demands of the consumer and their pocketbook. As to this argument about mobile communications. The following is a frequency chart. You will denote that the FCC has set aside bands for both fixed and mobile. You will note that above 2GHz is consider viable. ntia.doc.gov