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To: RalphCramden who wrote (1357)	9/8/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: puzzlecraft	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Looks like you are right. The Q website says "The QCP-2760™ QUALCOMM thin phone is a dual-band, dual-mode CDMA all-digital PCS and analog cellular phone." I interpreted "dual-band" (which when click on brings up an info box saying 'Supports telephone service on two separate frequencies: 800 MHz and 1900 MHz.') as an adjective applying to "CDMA". Now I realize that the "CDMA" is an adjective describing "PCS" which of course is 1900 Mhz, not 800 Mhz cellular. Thanks for pointing this out. John

To: RalphCramden who wrote (1357)	9/8/1999 11:29:00 PM
From: kech	Respond to of 13582

Michael- That is an interesting conjecture that the PCS CDMA providers are at war with the PCS cellular providers. I don't see why they would prefer that you use ATT cellular One Analog rather than Airtouch/Bell Atlantic cellular CDMA. Either way they lose some revenue but gain coverage. I would think that both PCS providers and cellular CDMA providers could use a phone that would roam on CDMA at both bands as a competitive weapon against the enormously successful and competitive ATT One Rate plan. If what you say is true it seems a pity they can't get past this narrow minded vision that CDMA competitors are somehow more of an enemy than TDMA competitors. Tom