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To: gdichaz who wrote (9234)	4/25/2000 2:55:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 13582

Chaz, << if DoCoMo is actually the intellectual author and driving force for WCDMA >> I am not sure that they are either the "the intellectual author" and "driving force for WCDMA" or at least the sole one or tother. It has been pretty much a collaborative effort from my perspective, but it seems like DoCoMo provided one heck of a lot of the momentum. << why is it introducing a "non standard" version (which I have perhaps unkindly labeled a "bastard" version). >> To meet their self imposed go to market deadline, evidently. At least that is my take. << Why not a fully compliant WCDMA (DS) then? >> I am under the impression that they will bring it into compliance and although the Asian version of UMTS may differ slightly from the European version, they are supposedly pretty similar and reasonably if not full interoperable. Someone more knowledgeable than I may wish to comment on this. << 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? >> The old multi-band mobile trick. << And good luck on your conference coming up >> Thanks, Chaz. - Eric -