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To: w molloy who wrote (52989)	12/7/1999 7:44:00 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

There might not be significant W-CDMA roll out in Europe for several years, maybe 10! Well.....Cenegal (a French operator) seems to have contracted with Nortel for a W-CDMA network to be built by Jan 1st 2002. Also One.tel has an agreement with Lucent for W-CDMA networks to be built in England plus 2-3 other Western European countries. The contracts are worth $5billion and $10-20 billion respectively. Also it seems like the existing operators are going to have to bid on spectrum next year....this will be billions of dollars that will need to be paid. I assume that the operators will be looking for some return on capital.....and not wait 10 years. JMO.... Slacker

To: w molloy who wrote (52989)	12/7/1999 8:53:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

Which will be the less expensive migration path for carriers in Europe: 1. GSM to GPRS/EDGE to WCDMA 2. GSM to GSM-CDMA overlay to CDMA2000 Anyone?

To: w molloy who wrote (52989)	12/8/1999 3:28:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Europe will go 10 years without WWeb? Gee, that's a long time. Sure, they might have some half-speed GPRS, but that's not good enough. Okay, 10 years was your outer limit, but think back 10 years from now and compare it with now. Think of how things are moving. It would amaze me if Europe is not covered with some pretty good WWeb [better than GPRS] by 5 years from now. That is a long time in politics and the competitive WebWorld. Mqurice PS: For example, look what Kelly just put in the stream: <...Big Blue foresees 1 trillion smart devices connected to 1 billion users around the world in the not-too-distant future as part of what it calls "pervasive computing.>