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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3483)	2/1/2000 9:28:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

If you really don't see any problems in launching a second-generation digital network in the year 2000 - five to seven years too late - then I can't help you there. How do you know it's a second generation network? They can go directly to 3G, right now, if they choose. That's the beauty of the current standards situation.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3483)	2/1/2000 9:40:00 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, What is old? GSM? What is new? GPRS goes at a real speed of 30kbps according to ERICY? How much money to upgrade from GSM to GPRS? then to WCDMA? How much is it from CDMAone to IS-95B? If you really don't see any problems in launching a second-generation digital network in the year 2000 - five to seven years too late - then I can't help you there. What is interesting is that you assume that China only want 2G CDMA networks while all know that China is only interested in 2.5 G to 3G CDMA (64 k and above) network. I do not think GPRS (cmmmercial speed)is even close to that level yet. That will make it really competitive. Brian H.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3483)	2/1/2000 9:59:00 PM
From: Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

This look like is a payday for Unicom - a way to extract billions of dollars from enthusiastic foreign telecom companies in funding. That has little to do with who's going to succeed in the Chinese consumer market. I'm actually paying money just to quibble over CDMA on a Nokia board. Over on the Motley Fool someone pointed out that China is probably deploying CDMA in order to satisfy a U.S. requirement for China being allowed into the WTO. That's not the first I've heard of the U.S. government using its powers of persuasion to encourage the adoption of CDMA. Wouldn't it be strange if the growth of CDMA had more to do with U.S. government coercion and less to do with an open and free market? Then there's Qualcomm's long-standing relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. government's active interest in ECHELON. Maybe supporting CDMA is good not only for Qualcomm but also for Big Brother, too - at least Uncle Sam's Big Brother. Just a tidbit for those who insist on viewing the wireless world through U.S.-centric CDMA-tinted glasses.