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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4517)	5/1/2000 2:38:00 PM
From: Lazlo Pierce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Just a little note to those who (while enjoying and learning from the fascinating threads here), watch the stock price, please note NOK just broke thru to an all-time high. Considering the recent sell-off where NOK hit 42 post split, we have moved up over 39%. Not too shabby a move. Dave

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4517)	5/1/2000 3:19:00 PM
From: Quincy	Respond to of 34857

Tero, a seasoned industry commentator like yourself should know better. Neither SBC or AT&T are willing to reveal their subscriber counts broken down between AMPS and TDMA. (Nor will the North American IS136 political group.) Obviously, SBC's and T's growth isn't all digital. Why compare growth to Sprint or Omnipoint who have no AMPS equipment or uniform presence in the top 5,000 US markets (currently accomplished by AMPS). Across the US, only Verizon and SprintPCS have single-standard digital coverage in all of the top 50 US markets. Neither offers Nokia digital phones for sale except for refurbished 2170's or 2190's. Kindof spooky for the world's single largest wireless market. No? National roaming with SBC is iffy at best with their current mix between IS136 and GSM. IS136 and GSM coverage are not uniformly present in the top 25 US markets. wirelessweek.com I think the pattern is clearer now.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4517)	5/1/2000 4:09:00 PM
From: Lazlo Pierce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, your take....? DDI To Use Qualcomm's Cdma2000 Technology For 3G Cell Phones Tuesday, May 2, 2000 TOKYO (Nikkei)--DDI Corp. (9433) has reversed its earlier plan and decided to employ cdma2000 technology from the U.S. firm Qualcomm Inc. in its 3G (third-generation) cellular phone service, which it aims to unveil in 2002, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Monday. DDI's latest decision represents a reversal of its earlier choice made in March to adopt the W-CDMA (wide-band code division multiple access) 3G technical standard, developed by NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437) and others, which will be used in both Japan and Europe. DDI has decided to use the North American system in order to curb the investments needed to set up the infrastructure for the 3G service, and to go up against rival NTT DoCoMo, sources say. DDI already uses Qualcomm's cdmaOne technology in its cellular phone business. DDI at the end of April reached a basic agreement with October merger partners IDO Corp., which is affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), and KDD Corp. (9431) to use cdma2000. They will formally make the decision in the middle of next week, the sources said. Third-generation cellular phone service will enable the transmission of video images and other data at speeds about 200 times faster than currently possible. The two technological standards that make such service possible are Qualcomm's cdma2000 and W-CDMA. NTT DoCoMo and the nine J-Phone companies operating under Japan Telecom Corp. (9434) have decided to employ W-CDMA technology when 3G cellular phone service starts in Japan in 2001, and the same standard will be used in Europe when the service is launched there in 2002. With the U.S. not expected to begin 3G service until around 2005, DDI had earlier decided to hold off on cdma2000 in favor of W-CDMA. In an effort to enlist DDI in its camp, Qualcomm proposed the use of its HDR, or High Data Rate, wireless Internet access technology. Qualcomm stressed that the adoption of the HDR format along with cdma2000 technology will boost the efficiency of capital investment for the 3G service. As U.S.-based Lucent Technologies Inc. is said to be planning to supply equipment that meets the cdma2000 standard, DDI concluded that cdma2000 technology will become a global standard along with W-CDMA. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tuesday morning edition)

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4517)	5/1/2000 4:50:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Any Comments? Tuesday, May 2, 2000 DDI To Use Qualcomm's Cdma2000 Technology For 3G Cell Phones TOKYO (Nikkei)--DDI Corp. (9433) has reversed its earlier plan and decided to employ cdma2000 technology from the U.S. firm Qualcomm Inc. in its 3G (third-generation) cellular phone service, which it aims to unveil in 2002, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Monday. DDI's latest decision represents a reversal of its earlier choice made in March to adopt the W-CDMA (wide-band code division multiple access) 3G technical standard, developed by NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437) and others, which will be used in both Japan and Europe. DDI has decided to use the North American system in order to curb the investments needed to set up the infrastructure for the 3G service, and to go up against rival NTT DoCoMo, sources say. DDI already uses Qualcomm's cdmaOne technology in its cellular phone business. DDI at the end of April reached a basic agreement with October merger partners IDO Corp., which is affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), and KDD Corp. (9431) to use cdma2000. They will formally make the decision in the middle of next week, the sources said. Third-generation cellular phone service will enable the transmission of video images and other data at speeds about 200 times faster than currently possible. The two technological standards that make such service possible are Qualcomm's cdma2000 and W-CDMA. NTT DoCoMo and the nine J-Phone companies operating under Japan Telecom Corp. (9434) have decided to employ W-CDMA technology when 3G cellular phone service starts in Japan in 2001, and the same standard will be used in Europe when the service is launched there in 2002. With the U.S. not expected to begin 3G service until around 2005, DDI had earlier decided to hold off on cdma2000 in favor of W-CDMA. In an effort to enlist DDI in its camp, Qualcomm proposed the use of its HDR, or High Data Rate, wireless Internet access technology. Qualcomm stressed that the adoption of the HDR format along with cdma2000 technology will boost the efficiency of capital investment for the 3G service. As U.S.-based Lucent Technologies Inc. is said to be planning to supply equipment that meets the cdma2000 standard, DDI concluded that cdma2000 technology will become a global standard along with W-CDMA. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tuesday morning edition)

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4517)	5/1/2000 5:03:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 34857

Tero: Since you (like an elephant) hold a grudge you say, I am spitting in the wind again, but if you are actually still advising others for pay, suggest you think a bit about what you are doing. Nokia needs to think ahead. Do you? Perhaps not. But as usual, I will try to pick your brain, which I actually have considerable repect for. Isn't the key to WAP and Nokia's need for it, that GSM is dead without it? In other words, the only way that GPRS can possibly be the slightest bit competitive with the likes of 1XRTT (let alone HDR which will leave GSPR in its dust) is the way WAP can permit the dropping of irrelevant stuff to permit GSM to function at some possiblility of success with data? Would be fun if you actually answered this question. But of course I don't actually expect that. Best. Chaz