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To: Eric L who wrote (9222)	4/25/2000 2:23:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Eric L: Since you and your people have the intestinal fortitude to attend (sometimes) and otherwise keep up with "standards" fora around the world, you probably have a well informed view of the "backward compatibility" of WCDMA. For starters, if DoCoMo is actually the intellectual author and driving force for WCDMA, why is it introducing a "non standard" version (which I have perhaps unkindly labeled a "bastard" version) one year from now? Why not a fully compliant WCDMA (DS) then? Are the "standards" still too fluid to make that possible? And on "backward compatibilty" doesn't WCDMA (DS) require entirely new frequencies everywhere it is to be introduced around the world? How can that be backwardly compatible to GSM which is on entirely separate frequencies? Curious. Ready to learn. Would appreciate learning what "backwardly compatible" means with regard to WCDMA (DS) and GSM. Look forward to your "take" on this. As always, best personal regards. And good luck on your conference coming up. Chaz