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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (209)	12/5/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1088

Jon, Qualcomm created NextWave with a view to building a wholesale network. I can't recall the shareholding Q! has but it's less than 10% I think [maybe none now to ensure compliance with the melanin-deficiency rule and other rules]. In the grand scheme of things, it might be a lucky break that the network wasn't built earlier if the spectrum is billions cheaper and NextWave can now roll out a HDR network using the latest, greatest and cheaper technology. Qualcomm is owed some spectrum. Leap has a good marketing plan. Microsoft and Korea Freetel are in cahoots with Q! and that Canadian banker. The market is rapidly developing and the end of analog is coming into view. EDGE and GPRS won't save GSM and TDMA. Notebook computers [with HDR ASICs] are cheap and powerful now. CDMA handsets are cheap and powerful. It's all timely for a huge HDR onslaught. The CDMA crowd is a having a LOT of fun. More to come; HEAPS more to come!! Faster and hundreds of billions of $$$ worth in the WWeb. Mq