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To: jackmore who wrote (1476)	9/13/1999 7:08:00 PM
From: cfoe	Respond to of 13582

I assume this is more good news for CDMA, meaning more good news for QCOM. From another source: Metawave Introduces Smart Antenna System for Lucent 850 Minicell Base Station New interface is part of aggressive expansion of Metawave product line REDMOND, Wash. - September 13, 1999 - Metawave© Communications Corp., a leading provider of smart antenna systems for cellular operators, today announced the immediate availability of a new version of its SpotLight © 2000 system for the 850 CDMA Compact Minicell base station from Lucent© Technologies. The new interface is the fifth introduced by Metawave in nine months. Were committed to making the benefits of the SpotLight 2000 system accessible to as many cellular operators as possible,* said Lowell Anderson, Metawaves director of product management. Lucents 850 Minicell has been the base station of choice for many providers as they migrate from analog to digital service, and were delighted to be able to offer them the CDMA capacity gains that smart antenna technology can deliver.* SpotLight 2000 also interfaces with the Lucent Series II base station as well as the SC9600©, SC4812, SC2450 and HD II base stations from Motorola© and the CDMA Metro Cell from Nortel©. SpotLight 2000 is a cost-effective, targeted solution for increasing the capacity of CDMA networks. With the systems unique Sector Synthesis technology, network managers can optimize the antenna pattern to match RF and traffic conditions of a particular cell site. Such optimization, which cannot be achieved with conventional antennas, enables traffic load leveling across the sectors, reduces handoff overhead and controls interference at network hot spots. This, in turn, clears capacity headroom for traffic growth. Actual SpotLight 2000 deployments in CDMA networks have produced cell-site capacity gains of up to 50 percent. Selectively applying SpotLight 2000 to a networks problem cell sites moves the entire network away from its capacity ceiling, allowing traffic growth across all the cells in the network-not just those where smart antennas are deployed. SpotLight 2000 allows the network operator to make more efficient use of existing network infrastructure and RF spectrum, maximizing current profitability and delaying the major capital expense of additional CDMA carriers. When traffic growth ultimately requires the deployment of additional carriers, the capacity and efficiency benefits of SpotLight 2000 simply multiply. Like Metawaves other CDMA products, the 850 CDMA Compact Minicell interface is available with the Analog Pass-Thru option that allows CDMA and analog base stations to share SpotLight 2000*s multibeam antenna array while preserving independent control of the CDMA sector configuration. This option typically lowers antenna count significantly, which reduces tower loading, eases permitting difficulties, improves tower appearance and creates opportunities for co-location.