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To: 100cfm who wrote (46670)	10/31/1999 5:50:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 152472

QCOM in the catbird's seat....royalties galore.. Friday, October 29, 1999 Published at 08:49 GMT 09:49 UK Business: The Economy Mobile sold every two seconds One in three people in the UK now has a mobile phone The four UK mobile phone firms have been warned to put improved plans in place to deal with the expected Christmas rush for their products. David Edmonds, director general of the industry regulator Oftel, is concerned that they will not be able to cope with connecting the anticipated large number of new phones to the networks. It follows the long delays in getting connected seen last Christmas and in August this year following a rush sparked by a supermarket price war. Mr Edmonds said: "I want to know how they have estimated demand for registrations and credit top-ups during the Christmas period and what they will do to ensure customers will not experience problems." He said forecasts are for more than 3.5 million pre-pay phones to be sold between now and Christmas, more than double the record sales achieved in the same period last year. Numbers have doubled That figure equates to 63,000 phones sold each day - or roughly one every two seconds between the end of October and 25 December.