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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4330)	4/22/2000 12:00:00 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

This announcement means that not only are DoCoMo and Japan Telecom already committed to W-CDMA. Not only is DDI tipping over to W-CDMA. But two of the biggest mobile operators in the world are considering applying for a W-CDMA license in Japan. Count the numbers, Maurice. That would be four W-CDMA applications in Japan alone. Isnt Japan Telecom part of the J-Phone consortium? I assume they arent bidding twice.... totaltele.com J-phone, the consortium of mobile units belonging to Japan Telecom, BT and Vodafone Airtouch, announced Wednesday that it has applied for a third generation mobile license in Japan. One other comment....can we all agree not to use the generic term "CDMA2000" anymore? It doesnt mean anything....and only confuses the issue. Qualcomm is pushing 1xrtt/HDR as a "3G" technology....while I believe that Tero is generally referring to 3xrtt. Just want to settle some of the confusion when we have one side claiming "CDMA2000" is delayed while the other believes it is being rolled out by the end of the year.... Slacker

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4330)	4/22/2000 2:39:00 PM
From: data_rox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero: Re: 3G pricing Thanks for your views on what is a good thing in the market and the economies of scale "Nokia, Ericsson, NEC, Panasonic, Mitsubishi - the world's leading 3G developers of consumer products are backing W-CDMA" can bring to the operator. What do you feel the new subsidy model is going to be like for a WCDMA operator? Are they going to be as willing to bring down the price on the device when their cost of acquisition is so high? Do you think the CDMA2000 operator has an advantage here of capturing a subscriber with a lower cost phone (possibly the same models with new ASIC) that is being produced by the Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Finns, Swedes, Germans and Americans? Remember his cost of acquisition will be much lower if he upgraded from IS-95. IMO, the WCDMA operator will be in the same shoes as the "Hong Kong and Singapore" operators with CDMA competing against GSM today. Would also like your views on what you think an entry, mid, and high tier WCDMA phone will cost (to the carrier) in 2001 and '02. TIA for your response. Rox