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EU's Lamy To Lobby For European PCS Standard In Brazil Dow Jones Newswires BRASILIA -- European Union trade negotiator Pascal Lamy will try to convince Brazilian authorities later Thursday that Latin America's largest economy should pick a certain frequency for new mobile communication service licenses that will open a $10 billion market for European equipment manufacturers - and not U.S. ones. Lamy, who's scheduled to meet with Brazilian Communications Minister Joao Pimenta da Veiga at 1900 GMT, will make it clear that "not for political reasons, but for technical" ones, Brazil should opt for the 1.8 megahertz frequency to assign to the new Personal Communications Services operators. "This a consumer technical decision that takes into account two criteria: the technical value of the standard, and how widespread it is," Lamy said at a breakfast with members of the media Thursday. "The conclusion is obvious: Our system is better." Brazilian communications regulator Anatel is expected to auction the PCS licenses in September, and unveil which frequency will be used in coming weeks. U.S. Trade Secretary William Daley headed a mission to Brazil in mid-February, and also addressed the PCS frequency issue with Pimenta da Veiga during his visit. U.S.-based manufacturers are pushing for the 1.9 MHz frequency that would work with Time Division Multiple Access technology, or TDMA, and Code Division Multiple Access technology, or CDMA. Lamy made a point of criticizing the U.S.'s lobbying for the 1.9 MHz frequency, saying "we do not proceed the American way." "I'm not coming with 100 people and untwisting ideas," he said. Lamy also argued that the International Telecommunications Union picked the 1.8 MHz frequency as a standard, which would allow the introduction of Global System for Mobile communications technology, or GSM, in Brazil. PCS allows operators to provide communications services such as telephony, but also other data-intensive services such as Internet navigation data transmission. -By Adriana Arai; Dow Jones Newswires; 55-61 9965-6883; adriana.arai@dowjones.com