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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (9251)	1/5/2000 1:09:00 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 29987

To all - just did three G* phone calls. Wonderful ! (2 calls in to me, 1 call out from me). I did not detect any time delay. Sound quality was absolutely superior to Sprint PCS wireless, but a tiny bit inferior to a landline call on 1 out of the 3 calls. Amazing. Jon.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (9251)	1/5/2000 1:54:00 PM
From: thomas_l	Respond to of 29987

Tero. You are absolutely right about the trend for smaller phones. Globalstar made a big mistake, when the system ignition date was moved back because of the Zenit disaster, not to redesign the phones and utilize the latest technology. Based on the size of the Globalstar phones, I would think they are built on a 4 year old technology! You are also right about sound quality and capacity, these are not the issues that drive away customers. The things in debate are: Iridium still does not function properly but Globalstar apparently does! The potential for satellite systems (that function) is big, given the phones shrink and prices come down. Globalstar will if they can manage to get better phones and have service providers lower costs, the best chance of any company I know of to become the dominant player in expanding cellular coverage around the world. I am not talking about usage of 160 minutes a month somewhere in the tundra, the users are just the ordinary people needing few minutes per month when out of the normal service area. If the Globalstar phones become sleek and sexy everyone would like to have one, just like most people are now buying multiband GSM phones even though they do not have any specific plans on roaming into another network. It is just the knowledge that you "can" use the phone if you wish, that makes the sale! Thomas L

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (9251)	1/5/2000 2:57:00 PM
From: Veiko Herne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Tero I can imagine, how those customer studies are done: Do You want sheeper tariffs - 99% answered Yes Do You want smaller phones - 89% answered Yes My point. If I would be in Nokia management, I would try to integrate value added services to phones, not making them smaller. I would not count also to expansion of GSM, because I'm sure global SAT communication companies will take the market. Veiko Still waiting my G* phone (probably problem is, that I ordered Ericsson). Even Elsacom map shows, that it covers Estonia (BTW not Finland), they haven't even contacted me. Made the order from Elsacom website few days ago.