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To: Jim Lurgio who wrote (3481)	1/21/2000 9:43:00 AM
From: Drake	Respond to of 5195

Does anyone know the symbol for NTT DoCoMo on the Tokyo Stock Exchange? dc

To: Jim Lurgio who wrote (3481)	1/21/2000 12:45:00 PM
From: Bux	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5195

Now is this how you explain your reluctance to discuss the issues? Gus , I told you. Talking to Bux is like talking to the wall. The ITU ,the 400 million users of other technologies, the available interfaces all means nothing. I never said the ITU means nothing. I said they don't have the authority to set royalty rates but apparently you prefer not to discuss this. I never said the 400 million TDMA/GSM users mean nothing. I said that the GSM users don't negate any of the points I made. They will still be upgrading to a CDMA technology eventually. In the mean time the phenomenal growth rate of CDMAOne is adding nothing to IDC's balance sheet. Qualcomm owns it all and that's all that to it. They will rule the world and no one will contribute anything unless they pay Qualcomm. I didn't say that either. I said Qualcomm owns the basic building blocks of mobile CDMA and anyone who wants to use this must pay them a royalty. Why do you insist on twisting everything I say into something I didn't? It appears you are a little insecure about IDC's place in the big world of Telecommunications since you don't want to discuss it like an adult. Bux

To: Jim Lurgio who wrote (3481)	1/21/2000 4:11:00 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5195

LOL, Jim. What can I say? When 1 (CDMA) goes to 2 that's called phenomenal growth. When 8 (GSM/TDMA) goes to 11 (growth of 37.5%) that's called slowing down, the scale economics of 11 vs 2 be damned in an industry where repeat business generates a significant part of the profits. LOL Who has time for that kind of nonsense? Shouldn't we be paying more attention to the way Terry Clontz, an IDC board number and StarHub CEO, is steering StarHub in GSM-based Singapore? There's an interesting discussion between Bill and Corpgold over at RB. Asia is expected to eventually be the world's biggest market for fixed and mobile wireless phones. So far so good. Except for ERICY, IDC seems to be following the Nokia way of making money while making money for its partners at the same time.