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To: Boplicity who wrote (55594)	12/21/1999 9:46:00 PM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

If allowed, that will be one hell of a fight and what comes out in the meantime might be quite revealing for Q! V

To: Boplicity who wrote (55594)	12/21/1999 9:52:00 PM
From: DOUG H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

>>>The companies, the FCC, the courts and Congress have disagreed how to resolve the issue. NextWave argues it should not have to pay more than the $1.023 billion price set by a bankruptcy court judge. The FCC said the licenses are worth the $4.7 billion bid by NextWave and the agency challenged the judge in U.S. District Court and the appeals court.>>> Nextel will have to talk to Nextwave after they leave bankrutcy court. Ain't it grand to see so much squabbling over a CDMA network? <gg>

To: Boplicity who wrote (55594)	12/21/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: GO*QCOM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Interesting that Nextel is becoming more and more aggressive in there quest for more spectrum.I asked I.Jacobs in the special shareholders meeting (avail for replay) what it would take for an IDEN network like Nextels to convert to CDMA.He stated that the only way it could be done is if Nextel obtained more spectrum, as there current offering is such a narrow slice of spectrum ,that there is no way it could ever become CDMA.This proprietary TDMA that there IDEN network uses must be greatly limited and they are thirsty for new spectrum.The sixty four million dollar question is will they be planning a CDMA use for that new spectrum when added to there existing spectrum therefore cannibalizing the old TDMA and ushering in CDMA.Hopefully Nextwave will rid themselves of this threat with the new infusion of capital but if Nextwave fails at this attempt then at least maybe there is hope that Nextel won't waste there limited TDMA on perfectly good spectrum.