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To: slacker711 who wrote (7023)	2/28/2000 11:18:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Vodafone AirTouch, Nortel Networks Plan Wireless Internet Trial in Dallas All-IP Network Expected to Lower Operator Costs, Enable New Services for Consumers DALLAS, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ - Vodafone AirTouch (NYSE/LSE: VOD) and Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) will conduct a Wireless Internet trial in Dallas beginning in March to demonstrate a packet-based, IP (Internet Protocol) architecture designed to offer service providers an order of magnitude improvement in the cost to deliver high-quality wireless voice and data services for consumers. The trial is expected to show that the cost of wireless service can be significantly reduced by transforming today's circuit-switched networks to Unified Networks solutions using packet technology, industry-standard servers and third generation (3G) radio technology. Part of an on-going, cooperative effort to understand the drivers, economics and technical realities of an all-IP wireless network, the trial is also expected to showcase an open architectural foundation for a new generation of high-value, revenue generating Wireless Internet services. `We anticipate that more efficient wireless networks based on IP and packet technology will allow us to bring greater value and service differentiation to our customers while reducing our operating costs,` said Bill Keever, executive vice-president, network and systems operations, AirTouch Cellular. `Our Wireless Internet trial with Nortel Networks will help us to develop a better understanding of the dramatic changes ahead for wireless networks, and the architectures required to address them.` `We've driven down the cost of long distance and, with this architecture, we expect to do the same for wireless while providing the foundation for a new generation of services,` said Hermon Pon, chief technology officer, wireless solutions, Nortel Networks. `Working with leading-edge customers like Vodafone AirTouch, we're driving the evolution of a profitable new Internet - a high-performance, highly-reliable engine for economic growth,` Pon said. `Together, we have the networking, radio, IP and real world customer experience to help make the Wireless Internet a successful commercial reality.` The trial will incorporate Nortel Networks' CDMA Metro Cell radio base stations - using cdmaOne digital radio technology - with a backbone network featuring Nortel Networks' Passport packet switching equipment. The base stations will be upgraded to include cdma2000 1XRTT 3G radio technology later in the year. Vodafone AirTouch and Nortel Networks are also working together on a 3G wireless trial in the UK. Announced in December, this trial includes IP networking and W-CDMA 3G wireless radio technology. Vodafone AirTouch Plc, based in the United Kingdom, is the world's largest wireless communications firm. It has mobile operations in 24 countries on five continents, with more than 35.5 million proportionate cellular customers. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.vodafone-airtouch-plc.com. Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and wireless solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues of US$21.3 billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise customers globally. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before. It is redefining the economics and quality of networking and the Internet through Unified Networks that promise a new era of collaboration, communications and commerce. Visit us at www.nortelnetworks.com. SOURCE: Nortel Networks Corporation

To: slacker711 who wrote (7023)	2/28/2000 11:35:00 AM
From: Martin Atogho	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Slacker, Not all bad news as this can only encourage implementation of CDMA networks, but surely this would hurt HDR rollout, no? Any comments? MA.

To: slacker711 who wrote (7023)	2/28/2000 11:46:00 AM
From: William Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Has anyone seen this 5Mbps data rate demonstrated or is this just talk from MOT ? BEST WISHES BILL

To: slacker711 who wrote (7023)	2/28/2000 11:50:00 AM
From: quidditch	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13582

Amidst the virtual blizzard of PR, the 1X Plus MOT release is the most intriguing and problematic. Just as we on the thread were beginning to get comfortable with the notion that HDR had the potential to gain widespread backing and become a viable business in its own right, along comes MOT, CLAIMING, among other things [snips follow]: technology...that will allow the operators of today's code division multiple access (CDMA) systems the ability to achieve wireless data rates of more than 5 Mbps on their existing CDMA infrastructure....The proposal, known as 1X Plus...is gaining support...with several key industry participants in the drive for an open standards approach to the next evolutionary step beyond 1X....Additionally, unlike Qualcomm's high data rate (HDR) proposal, voice and data can co-exist on the same 1X Plus carrier. Motorola's 1X Plus proposal builds on many improvements to the existing cdma2000 1X air interface, with the intent of maximizing data throughput. This evolution of the cdma2000 1X standard allows operators in spectrum-constrained environments to achieve 3G-like data rates without having to purchase new spectrum or clear 5MHz of congested existing spectrum....-- A twofold increase in data capacity and the flexibility to mix voice and data in the same 1.25 MHz of spectrum, which is of benefit to carriers who already have deployed CDMA systems.... Engineer, I guess you have the floor. Is this more VW40 or something closer to commercial realization. Perhaps it was telling, in this context, that Schrock announced that MOT was Q's fastest growing ASIC customer. Steve

To: slacker711 who wrote (7023)	2/28/2000 10:48:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Anyone have comments or analysis re MOT's 1xPlus. The data rate seems to be very high; the question in my mind is whether mixing data-voice a positive or a negative (if capacity does not stay same or increase as per Qcom version). My assumption has always been that Qcom chooses its standards very carefully with a view to the future, and I have a hard time believing that MOT can really deliver 5 mbps and leapfrog the Q without giving up certain attributes that were carefully chosen to be in qcom's 1x.

To: slacker711 who wrote (7023)	3/14/2000 9:04:00 PM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13582

Motorola Takes Own Road With 1X Plus By Peggy Albright Story URL: wirelessweek.com Motorola apparently caught some of the CDMA industry by surprise when it introduced its "1X Plus" technology at CTIA's Wireless 2000 in New Orleans. But as the dust settles, observers and analysts say they view the potential technology option as an example of CDMA's flexibility to meet varying operator and network needs. Some also see it as a competitor to Qualcomm's High Data Rate technology that by some accounts has not met with widespread operator acceptance. Motorola's network solutions sector at Wireless 2000 touted 1X Plus as a "breakthrough technology enhancement" that it says complies withÿ-and exceedsÿ-the cdma2000 1XRTT protocol being considered as a possible 3G standard. The company says it plans to deliver a detailed presentation on the technology to CDMA Development Group operators within the next couple of months as it tries to gain acceptance for the approach. The 1X Plus approach comes as North American CDMA operators in this country, including Bell Atlantic Mobile and Sprint PCS, already have begun testing 1XRTT systems. Those systems purportedly can double network voice capacity while providing mobile data rates up to 144 kilobits per second, with speeds up to around 300 kbps from fixed wireless setups. While 1X Plus potentially could give operators another deployment option, the approach is distinct from 1XRTT and should not interfere with decisions as to whether or not to deploy 1X, says Brian Modoff, an analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown. "This has no effect on 1X. This is a separate thing." But Maureen Grzelakowski, general manager of trategic marketing in Motorola's Network Solutions Sector, says the 1X Plus approach will enable current CDMA operators to provide vastly more services more cheaply within the 1.25 megahertz channel structure than 1XRTT itself would allow. "1X Plus has some incredible upsides with respect to getting peak throughput on a single CDMA carrier," she says. Grzelakowski adds that the technology can be deployed on today's CDMA systems to achieve 3G-like data rates and could obviate the need to purchase new or clear spectrum. Motorola claims the first phase of 1X Plus would deliver up to 1.38 megabits per second peak throughput on a single carrier. The second phase of 1X Plus would deliver around 5 Mbps on a single carrier in a fixed environment, more than double what could be delivered by installing the second phase of cdma2000, which is called 3XRTT. 3X would provide a peak data rate of around 2 Mbps in a fixed environment, Motorola claims. Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group, says he could not comment about new, specific technical solutions, but that companies should view 1X Plus as a "fourth-generation" technology for carriers interested in pushing 1.25 megahertz channel performance beyond 1XRTT levels. "That's the beauty of what we've done with CDMA. Operators will have options of what they want to be able to grow to and we will make sure they are all compatible," he says. In other words, LaForge says, operators will have various advanced technology deployment options, from 1X to HDR to 3XRTT, to other options that may be developed for 1XRTT, or including the competing IMT-2000 standard, W-CDMA. In fact, Bell Atlantic Mobile spokeswoman Andrea Linskey notes that the carrier would be evaluating 1X Plus in addition to several other 3G technologies that go beyond 1XRTT. But Modoff says 1X Plus could compete against Qualcomm's HDR technology, which is designed to offer a peak 2.4 Mbps data rate. Qualcomm is urging the CDMA industry to adopt HDR as a complement to 1XRTT, and at Wireless 2000 announced it has partnered with Lucent to commercialize HDR for base station technologies and to pursue standardization of the technology under the cdma2000 1X umbrella. Motorola and Nortel, among other vendors, are reluctant to offer HDR because that technology currently is proprietary and because it cannot coexist with voice on the same CDMA carrier, forcing operators to remove some voice capacity to add the data technology. Qualcomm says it was not yet familiar with the technical details of the 1X Plus technology and as of last week still had seen only Motorola's press release about it. "As far as comparisons to HDR, we believe that placing data and voice on separate carriers allows better optimization for each and so less complicated than 1X Plus and will reach market earlier." LaForge says CDG operators are evaluating their network requirements before deciding what new and additional standards to pursue for future systems. "Our goal would be to make sure that if carriers want the option of HDR that we develop a technology roadmap that facilitates the adoption of HDR or even 1X Plus or whatever it may be called," he says. "That's what we're working on with the operators right now." Motorola says it will have a detailed proposal to explain to the CDG how 1X Plus meets those needs. And that may be where Motorola's lonely avenue intersects with Main Street.