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To: Valueman who wrote (7819)	10/12/1999 12:34:00 PM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Vman: Thanks for the update. Must be tiresome to sit around and try to dream up things to talk about - all in the name of doing DD! Which phone had the car phone unit.(all three? I read that the public transportation infrastructure is somewhat challenged in the area around the conference) Was Qualcomm the only manufacturer of the car unit, and if so do all three phones work in the Qualcomm car unit? Thanks, glad to hear the sound quality is acceptable to you. You are a harsh grader. Glad to see your outlook is a bit brighter than a couple of months ago. Sitting here silently, (cause nobody calls me!) Jeff Vayda

To: Valueman who wrote (7819)	10/13/1999 5:00:00 AM
From: Thomas	Respond to of 29987

Hi Valueman, I heard a glowing (second hand) report of voice quality on the Q phone. "As good as this terrestrial line," which was a pretty ringing endorsement. Now we are in the "Show me the Subscribers!" mode. Cheers, Thomas

To: Valueman who wrote (7819)	10/13/1999 8:21:00 AM
From: Jeff Vayda	Respond to of 29987

Vman: Looks like BS is drawing up some final numbers at last. 'The telephone operators in Europe have gotten together and the telephone operators in the U.S. have gotten together and come out with uniform rates. The Europe and U.S. rate is $1.39 a minute. I think in most areas around the world it will be a comparable number.' Which is all fine and dandy but if the majority of service goes to other areas is he still hedging his bets? He estimates average use will be '160 minutes a month. That's an amalgam of 100 minutes for mobile wireless phone to several hundred for fixed service. Our experience tells us, however, we may be underestimating in large parts of the world. In some places like Western Europe and the U.S. phone will be used perhaps a little less by the customer because they have other infrastructure uses. But when talking about Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India, Indonesia, China and Russia where there is no service we expect since they've no infrastructure at all, this will be the basic communication tool. Will be used more than 160 minutes a month. Jeff Vayda