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To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (3423)	1/17/2000 7:08:00 PM
From: Calvin	Respond to of 5195

Darrell, AWESOME post......as all your posts on RB and SI. They help concentrate on real facts and ignore the "noise". Many Thanks!

To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (3423)	1/18/2000 9:00:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5195

There would need to be a heck of crink in the road (which currently doesn't exist) to stop this from happening. WCDMA is projected to be at least 30% to 50% less intial deployment costs than CDMA2000 (this does not take into consideration total long term user return on investment - but no professional currently sees how CDMA2000 can recoup the substantial and sizeable intial deployment costs that WCDMA will hold over it). let's get real. IDC could deploy their own BCDMA fixed wireless system for $550 to $650 per user NOW; this has already been demonostrated in tests and by word from IDC. CDMA2000 expected deployment costs will run anywhere from $1700 to $2200 per user (depending on services used). WCDMA deployment costs are expected to be higher than the fixed broadband CDMA, but no where near the CDMA2000 projected deployment costs per user. These CDMA2000 costs were presented by Samsung during the HongKong CDMA Congress 99 in May of 99. I would find it quite difficult to make predictions on deployment cost on a system where the standard is not even decided yet and where royalty issues may interfere with deployment indefinitely. I would venture that much has changed regarding deployment of cdma2000 in the last year. As you say, let's get real.