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To: gdichaz who wrote (3355)	1/21/2000 10:10:00 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Respond to of 34857

Chaz, Without doing a little digging today, as I am extremely busy today, I would guess that the final specs aren't finalised. There are a few little wrinkles to iron out and believe that is due by the end of the first quarter this year. The final specs will be mandated by the ITU. If you check the the ITU Web pages they should inform you of when and where the technical meetings are being held (www.itu.int). More when I can of course. Cheers, M

To: gdichaz who wrote (3355)	1/21/2000 11:57:00 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

There is a very good article called "Face To Face: Gsm Guardians Set New Professional Tone" (17 January 2000) here: totaltele.com The whole article is interesting but two excerpts I find of particular interest are: "By its very nature, membership [of the GSM Association] is limited to carriers, says Conway. But last year the GSM Association took the step of opening its doors to equipment suppliers too. Suppliers it has signed up to date include Bull SA, Lucent Technologies Inc. and IBM. The reason for wanting manufacturers on board is simple: the development work of suppliers is shaping the future of UMTS." "But the ultimate goal, of course, would be to strike a similar roaming understanding with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators. The first moves have already been made. In mid-December the GSM Association's Global Roaming Forum met with the CDMA Development Organization (CDG). But when it comes to talking about the details of the discussions, the normally forthcoming Conway suddenly becomes very careful. The CDG certainly attended the meeting in Fort Lauderdale [Florida] on 14 December and expressed interest in the concept of interoperability [between second generation GSM and CDMA networks],"he says, but this is as far as he will go. He prefers not to talk about when the two groups will meet again." - Eric -