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To: Boplicity who wrote (7595)	3/15/2000 10:40:00 AM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Greg: For 3rd gen as originally pictured, all systems, no matter what else they consisted of, were to use a CDMA air interface. The specifications for 1XRTT which the Q calls the initial phase of CDMA 2000 (the beginning of the 3rd gen rollout) are set, chips have been designed and tested, and the actual commercial roll out on a clear path. Using 1XRTT to double voice capacity while adding faster data with limited additional cost up front and major operating savings and more efficient use of spectrum seems a no brainer for sure. So that will happen in CDMA land, no? (Including DDI in Japan probably) The beauty of HDR is that it can be used with any current technology as I understand it. And its use gives the operator a very efficient exclusively data channel to mix and match with voice or voice/data channels - whether the voice is CDMA, TDMA or GSM. That would seem to be very attractive, no? And this is all available in the real world, the chips exist now, are to be tested this fall and winter and available for commercial use early next year. But this gives the Q a huge advantage over all other equipment manufactures. That seems to be why there is so much FUD and battles by press release. Politics, vested interests, bureaucracy are all roadblocks. The path is clear otherwise. Then when a full 3rd gen roll out takes place and where and how will be determined later. All the ink from the squid seems to be to muddy the waters. When the water is clear again, two of the Q's products should do well, 1XRTT and HDR. Whatever else happens for whatever reason is speculation. Best. Chaz