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To: Tom Ardnij who wrote (11700)	12/1/1999 10:08:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 54805

When you're evaluating other companies and trying to figure out when the big-time revenue is about to start, take a look at the CDMA milestones below. My guess is that almost anyone investing in the early '90s probably thought today's successes would not have taken so long to develop. Gorilla gaming takes most of the guess work out of it. --Mike Buckley ===================== CDMA technology milestones include: -- 1989 - Pioneers gather to develop an advanced global digital wireless standard, resulting in CDMA as a cellular concept -- 1989 - First CDMA demonstration takes place in San Diego -- 1993 - CDMA IS-95 standard is approved -- 1993 - Korea selects CDMA, making it the only digital wireless standard used in the country -- 1995 - CDMA accepted as a PCS standard in the United States -- 1995 - First commercial CDMA system launches in Hong Kong -- 1996 - United States CDMA cellular service is made available -- 1996 - PCS PrimeCo turns on nationwide PCS service in 14 cities -- 1997 - Commercial systems deployed in 100 United States cities -- 1997 - Japan selects CDMA branding its service cdmaOne TM) -- 1998 - CDMA subscribers reach 12.5 million in 30 countries on five continents -- 1999 - More than 65 companies are licensed to build and sell CDMA products -- 1999 - 1XRTT completes standardization -- 1999 - CDMA reaches nearly 42 million subscribers worldwide