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To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (6895)	8/27/1999 1:45:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 29987

RS thanks for the link [I know I was supposed to be following that one!] to Vodafone Australia. They write: <Two manufacturers, Telital and Ericsson, will be providing the handsets for the Vodafone Globalstar service.> What that means is that Vodfone is planning on using Globalstar as a lever to get themselves more business. I suppose they'll allow people to connect with cdmaOne handsets or there is going to be a stink when USA Airtouch customers go to Australia with a cdmaOne/Globalstar phone and can't use it in terrestrial mode. Similarly, I don't see that they'll stop people who buy a cdmaOne handset in Australia from connecting to Globalstar. It seems that Vodafone will make a huge profit from Globalstar minutes [about $1.50 per minute profit if they price it the same as in the USA] but will prefer to sell terrestrial minutes where their profit is very low. I wonder why Vodafone Australia doesn't mention they'll sell Qualcomm Globalstar handsets too? Looks like another mess by Globalstar. Can you see a good reason for them not to offer service to cdmaOne handsets? I suppose they think they are putting one over Telstra, which is turning on a big cdmaOne network any day, or already done. Maurice