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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3776)	3/14/2000 7:58:00 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 34857

Interesting article about DoCoMo's i-Mode service: <<http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_wb6820.html>> The writer appears to be critical of WAP and supports i-Mode's HTML-based approach instead. (I haven't researched WAP thoroughly enough, but does it exclude HTML use? If so, why?) And for those who don't already know it, DoCoMo is planning to roll out its 3G offering next year based on WCDMA.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3776)	3/14/2000 11:20:00 PM
From: Jim Lurgio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

This is the article that was placed on the Bull but no link to it. I did see the same lead on this site but it's a member only site. nni.nikkei.co.jp If this press is true I'm sure DDI and Q both will comment. TOKYO (Nikkei)--DDI Corp. (9433, or J.DDD) has decided to use wide-band code division multiple access (W-CDMA) technology, which NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (9437, or J.NTX), also known as NTT DoCoMo, is promoting, in its 3G (third-generation) cellular phone service set to begin in 2002, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun has learned, the newspaper reported in its Wednesday morning edition. Another such standard is cdma2000, touted by U.S. firm Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) With DDI's decision, however, all three of Japan's major cellular phone service providers, including Japan Telecom Co. (9434, or J.JTC), are set to use W-CDMA 3G cellular phones. And with the standard also expected to be employed in Europe, W-CDMA is likely to become the international standard for advanced cellular phones, analysts say. The latest NTT DoCoMo cellular phone service allows the terminal to be used anywhere on the globe. It also allows the exchange of about 200 times more data than now possible, as well as the ability to send moving images. The W-CDMA and cdma2000 formats are both based on the same technology, but the W-CDMA 3G standard can be used with base stations and other infrastructure already in place in Europe. The cdma2000 format is compatible with infrastructure deployed in North America, and can be used with the cdmaOne hardware that DDI and IDO Corp. have installed throughout Japan. DDI had been considering the use of the cdma2000 format to help it and IDO trim their investments, estimated at Y1 trillion, in 3G cellular phones. But NTT DoCoMo in the spring of 2001 will be the first company in the world to offer the cutting-edge cellular phone services, and Japan Telecom will roll out W-CDMA service in the fall of 2001. Moreover, European nations will unveil the same service early this decade. Meanwhile, North America, which is expected to opt for cdma2000, will not debut 3G cellular phones until about 2005 at the earliest.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3776)	3/15/2000 2:12:00 PM
From: ggamer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

WELCOME TO QCOM'S ~~~CDMA WIRELESS WORLD TOLL GATE~~~ ___________________________________ II II II II II . II II . II II . II . MOT will try with Wide-CDMA-Plus Hat . NOK will try with a Wide CDMA Hat . ERIC can not decide what hat to wear . China with CDMA-SC Hat (Sour Chow Mein) . . AT&T soon with an Edgy CDMA Hat . . Turkey with a Thanksgiving CDMA-T . Brazil with a Carnival CDMA-C Hat . Sadam with CDMA Hat but oily . NASA with CD but lost MA Hat . Japan with a Kamakazie CDMA-K . Korea with CDMA Hat wrapped in gold from the poor . Ford with a 4x4 CDMA Hat . Playboy without XXX-CDMA Hat . Republican with a Bushy CDMA hat You get the point . . . One by one they will go through the toll gate . . . GGamer