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To: Eric Martin who wrote (8953)	4/20/2000 10:09:00 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Eric Martin, Clark, Bux, Chaz and others who kindly responded (or responded kindly - thanks), Eric - It was indeed the phone I was referring to, however it is a prototype (meaning in works) and not a mock-up (meaning it doesn't). It ran at a measly 384kbps. For the record, I have also used other phones. Clark - your points are salient ones, which I will be researching shortly. Bux - Are you insinuating that I am not reputable? As someone who has written for several reputable international titles I would have hoped I was. Suggest you take a look at Eric Martin's link..it is a prototype that works. Maurice was also at T99 and I am sure saw and used Panasonic's or NEC's WCDMA handsets too. Anyway, when WCDMA kicks off, the data rate is likely to be only 384 kbps (to most women, child, dog and man, there is little difference in the foreseeable future to 2Mbps. 384 is still faster than what you are getting right now reading this...I doubt you have a personal T1 or E1 line). Chaz - I said I am betting that the first commercial network will be in the Isle of Man and yes, its' geographical nature ensures quick and easy roll-out. I believe BT (who was given a license for an IoM service) is planning to operate the first network in Europe. 'Commercial' as in the definition of 'commercial', think it maybe the target time a little optimistic - but not by much. As for the handset, as yet I have not seen any European vendor's WCDMA prototype handset (apart from the 'granny cart' engineering ones). I mentioned a year ago to keep an eye out for the Japanese manufacturers, they are well ahead on the WCDMA handset front (let's put it this way, when I was in Stockholm -like a year ago- an Ericsson guy was shocked when a visiting Japanese vendor's representative produced this WCDMA phone from his pocket!). "Under load" is as for Clark above - i will look into the state of play with regards to how development has progressed. It need not be a commercial roll-out to test under-load conditions. Around Kista (Stockholm) there are 3 WCDMA cells, through these it is possible to test real-life conditions with the numbers that represent it. Happy Easter guys. M M