Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : The New Qualcomm - a S&P500 company -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sawtooth who wrote (2003)	9/29/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

From the Gilder thread - AT&T on wireless data a snippet commenting on presentation by AT&T Wireless CEO Dan Hesse at PCS'99 last week courtesy of CSFB wireless analyst Cynthia Motz: CDPD customers will eventually migrate to the EDGE 3G platform On the topic of 3G, AT&T thinks it is in an excellent position as a TDMA player. AT&T plans to deploy 3G using the EDGE platform in late 2001, with a national launch in 2002 that will coincide with its international partners. AT&T expects a smooth migration to EDGE by its CDPD customers, who will only have to up-grade to a faster modem. AT&T is currently working with more than 150 solutions partners to develop content for its wireless data offering. AT&T expects to see such applications as messaging (email, calendars), imaging, e-commerce, entertainment, and vehicle-oriented applications (maps, traffic information). Although we believe they are making progress on the wireless data front, we believe AT&T may still have some capacity issues as relates to using TDMA and CDPD. TDMA's capacity is the lowest of the digital technologies, and CDPD has been around for a while and has not really taken off. Usual mix of fact with fiction. I'm amazed that people get away with it. CDPD is actually used on AMPS (analog) 'phones. It also has a superior data rate to any of the current crop of data technologies presented on wireless 'phones available to the public today. Interesting point about CDPD not taking off. It hasn't because of the arcane charging structure and because of the lack of a Killer App. AT&T use the same browser on their 'phone as QCOM does i.e. PHONE.COM (formally Unwired Planet). w.

To: Sawtooth who wrote (2003)	9/29/1999 3:46:00 PM
From: jackmore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Tim, Thanks for posting the Symbian/Bluetooth links. Key excerpt for me was: The Bluetooth Special Interest Group previously presented the technology at venues in London, San Jose, California and Tokyo. Other companies are being invited to support the core technology on a royalty-free basis to ensure that Bluetooth can be implemented in many different devices. Companies who have joined the initiative and have committed to include the technology in products include Motorola, Qualcomm, 3COM Palm, VLSI and Lucent. Best, jack