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To: Sommers who wrote (7837)	10/8/1999 4:53:00 AM
From: John Walliker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Sommers, And yes, I believe Lindy pointed out months ago the CDMA carrier's ability to offer 14.4 Kbps, while GSM is only at 9.6 Kbps. I believe that GSM can now support 14.4kbps John

To: Sommers who wrote (7837)	10/12/1999 12:05:00 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Sommers, << chuckle to myself .... like two kids challenging each other to list why a racing machine is so powerful >> Is that not the power and the fun of this thread? << The TDMA and GSM carriers are just trying to keep up with CDMA >> No. Contrare. Please do not confuse TDMA & GSM. TDMA doesn't do data yet (hence the alliance). GSM has been doing data since 1992. CDMA since August 1999, so perhaps you should say that CDMA is attempting to keep up with GSM. I would appreciate your comments on this. In the context of your post to me you are mixing apples, oranges, generations, and technologies, and you are getting into unreleased cdma VW40 mystery oil vaporware/slideware. Refresh yourself on the definition for EDGE which does does not stand for "enhanced data rates for global evolution'. << The point I wanted to make clear was the lead ( >18 months) CDMA currently has over TDMA and GSM wireless capacity. >> Would you PLEASE explain what you mean by this? You have lost me. - Eric -

To: Sommers who wrote (7837)	10/12/1999 1:04:00 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Sommers, << Armstrong's move to upgrade to EDGE >> Do not fret to much about 'T' churn. totaltele.com Kate Norton at Bloomberg News - 11 October 1999 AT&T AND BT SPEND $3 BLN TO ACT IN CONCERT AT&T Corp., the No. 1 U.S. long-distance telephone company, and British Telecommunications Plc, the U.K.'s biggest phone company, said they will invest $3 billion in their Concert venture over the next five years to transmit voice, text and video faster between major cities. The network, which will use Internet protocol technology, will link about 60 cities by the end of next year and about 100 cities outside the U.S. and U.K. by the end of 2001, said David Dorman, chief executive of the companies' Concert venture, in an interview at the Telecom '99 conference. "New technology and competition are redefining what is possible in telecommunications and doing it with a speed that was unthinkable a few years ago," said Michael Armstrong, chairman and chief executive of AT&T Corp., at the conference, where the world's top technology companies gather every four years. BT and AT&T are targeting the more lucrative corporate clients, which spend more on sending documents and using video, to boost profit as new technology and fiercer competition bring prices down. Concert, a venture that was first announced in 1998, will spend "dramatically in the course of the year 2000, investing probably in the range of $1 billion" on Internet protocol infrastructure, Dorman said. The venture is spending $100 million this year to install routers and connections in 22 cities. Concert is expected to unveil more details about its strategy at a press conference at the Telecom '99 industry gathering today. - Eric -