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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4333)	4/23/2000 1:55:00 AM
From: Peter J Hudson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, Although I don't always agree with you, it is rare that I find you completely disingenuous. As an industry analyst I assume you know that this statement is false. >>I know they have made changes in the terminology. And that's deeply disturbing. Just six months ago everyone agreed that cdma2000 and W-CDMA are the leading 3G standards. Now Qualcomm is moving the goalposts by declaring that 1XRTT and HDR are 3G. I don't think this diversion is very succesful; it happens so abruptly and so late.<< Qualcomm has always claimed that 1XRTT met the criteria for being a 3G standard. The planned evolution to CDMA2000 has included the first step to 1X in the existing 1.25 Mhz bandwidth. It has not been abrupt or late. It is interesting that you find the combination of 1X and HDR "deeply disturbing". Here is a portion of a "white paper" published by the CDG in Nov. 1998. >>cdmaOne is the only technology with a clear evolution to 3G because it builds on the design and framework of today?s cdmaOne system. Looking at 3G from an operator?s perspective, preservation of investments made in infrastructure and spectrum are significant issues in defining requirements for technology migration. Services designated as "3G"will be available with cdmaOne in existing as well as new spectrum bands. This point is important in considering the position of established operators who may not choose, or be able, to get new spectrum. This point is also vitally important in developing regions considering the allocation of PCS spectrum for 2G. With cdmaOne, operators and subscribers in these regions can reap the benefits of today?s advanced digital technology while assured their investments are protected. Evolution from technologies such as GSM to WCDMA, however, will require significant change out of equipment and costly upgrades. Capabilities of cdmaOne evolution have already been defined in standards. IS-95B provides ISDN rates up to 64 kbps. The next phase of cdmaOne is a standard knows as 1XRTT and enables 144 kbps packet data in a mobile environment. Other features available when the standard is published in 1Q99 are a two-fold increase in both standby time and voice capacity. All of these capabilities will be available in an existing cdmaOne 1.25 MHz channel. The next phase of cdmaOne evolution will incorporate the capabilities of 1XRTT, support all channel sizes (5 MHz, 10 MHz, etc.), provide circuit and packet data rates up to 2 Mbps, incorporate advanced multimedia capabilities, and include a framework for advanced 3G voice services and vocoders, including voice over packet and circuit data. This phase of the standard will be complete by 4Q99.<< So you just heard about the migration to 1XRTT 6 months ago, huh, Mr. industry analyst. Maybe you should read something other than what you write. Happy Easter Pete