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To: slacker711 who wrote (2499)	10/11/1999 10:04:00 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

yep, the genral theme was correct that phones wont be available for a year (certainly not 'en masse'). However, that isn't bad as it will give the operators time to develop the services that the phones will support!!! One point abou the heat generated by cellphones comparable to a microwave...this is the bone of contention over here in Europe. There has been much talk about health risks (there has been much mis-truth spoken too) and yet it has done little to slow the momentum of mobile growth over here. Well, the industry average is not exactly 12 months! It is however the respected view of the mobile professional. Pre-paid phones tend to be held by people not nescessarily professional business people and so they will keep it until it breaks (about 24 months!). The cost of phones is so low that updating them doesn't take too much out of the bank. Actually, I am looking at 2 new phones for me! One for business and one for personal, it'll mean a new subscription of course. I currently use Vodafone and will keep it for business, but either Orange or One2One will get my other contract. Actually my first phone in the UK was free (from Vodafone)! Even Nokia's 8 what ever number 'zippo' phone is now down to around œ100 ($150). It started at around œ250 even when subsidised. All for now...trying to get my flights arranged for Telecom99. M