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To: JP Sullivan who wrote (4151)	4/13/2000 12:11:00 PM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Nokia-Ericsson Death Match approaches... March 27-28. Some comic relief: "Valtaosa ruotsalaisista matkapuhelinkauppiaista suosittelee asiakkaalleen Nokian matkapuhelinmallia, jos kyse on valinnasta Ericssonin ja Nokian v„lill„. N„in uutisoi ruotsalainen talouslehti Finanstidningen. Lehden testihenkil” vieraili 14 tukholmalaisessa matkapuhelinkaupassa. Kun asiakas harkitsi Ericssonin T28 -mallin ja Nokian 8210 -mallin v„lill„, vain yksi kauppias p„„tyi suosittelemaan Ericssonin mallin hankintaa." That's a Finnish news agency reporting on an article published in "Finanstidningen" - Sweden's version of the Wall Street Journal. For the linguistically challenged: Finanstidningen visited 14 mobile phone retail stores in Stockholm and asked for an opinion about high-end models. 13 recommended Nokia 8210 - one solidar Swede recommended Ericsson T28. This is one explanation to Motorola's European sales problems - 8210 may have flattened the V-series at the high end. The question now is what is going on with Ericsson's phone margins; nobody doubts that the network sales growth is going to be phenomenal. The question for Nokia is whether the network division is solid enough to keep the analysts from switching their attention from the gorgeous handset sales. With both companies, it's probably the relatively weak division that Wall Street will focus on - not the strong one. Tero