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To: gdichaz who wrote (4291)	4/21/2000 5:21:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 34857

<Does your handset require a van? Or is it backward compatible to CDMAOne?> Still in prototype form. Signal reception is still problematic, ASIC design will be underway any day [aiming to beat VW40]. It's made of wood, so is very robust. Give me another few years and maybe it will grow an aerial. I'll try watering it. Clark seems pretty certain that even if W-CDMA has done some demonstrations at Telecom99 and in test sites, they are not real-life mobile in loaded systems. This sounds like Bill Frezza criticizing IS-95 4 years ago! W-CDMA is unstable under load, lacks capacity and overheats the handsets, which have a short battery life. I suppose with QUALCOMM help, they'll manage to get it right eventually. Or maybe even without QUALCOMM help. Ericsson is safe as they have all bases covered and they'll get a piece of anything which moves. Nokia is still fully-exposed to cdma2000 competition. I presume they presumptuously think they can demand to have a licence on terms as favourable as everyone else got if they decide they need one. It baffles me that the late entrants get as good a deal as the early risk-takers, but it seems they do [post 1994 anyway]. Maurice