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To: axial who wrote (6853)	4/17/2000 12:37:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Jim- To add even more confusion to the general discussion of mobile wireless data, let's drop the OS factor into the equation. So not only are their transmission debates going on, there are OS debates to boot. Should the mobile phones run EPOC, CE, Palm, Mobile Linux, etc!? Here's a link to an OS mobile wireless article: Message 13054455 Please post your thoughts about the mobile wireless data market as you think them out. Overall I'm very unsure about where it's heading. Thanks. -MikeM(From Florida) PS Speaking of legacy, note the GSM figures in my worldwide stats. Pretty awesome aren't they. I think we in the United States tend to forget this because the focus is so much on CDMA.

To: axial who wrote (6853)	4/18/2000 11:37:00 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

The reluctance of the ITU to embrace CDMA as the standard says something, and reverts to Mike's general comments, which I'll characterize like this " Don't forget legacy infrastructure. While the ITU seems ready to embrace a family of standards....it seems likely that much of the world will be moving to some form of CDMA with the evolution to 3G. Likely the only operators left with a TDMA air interface will be the current TDMA operators (poor AT&T) who have no clear way to evolve their networks to either CDMA2000 or W-CDMA. While legacy infrastructure is a powerful drag, take a look at the amounts that current GSM operators are bidding on 3G spectrum in the UK..... spectrumauctions.gov.uk The total bids are for over $33 Billion....and I believe that half of that will be due immediately. These operators will have a pretty powerful incentive to move quickly to recoup their investments.... Slacker