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To: JohnG who wrote (4565)5/3/2000 12:42:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 34857
 
GPRS now in action! While GSM has reached a dead end in terms of providing straight voice, I suppose it's fair to say that the goal post has been moved again. Fortunately, if Nokia wants to, they'll be able to buy Q! ASICs [or the whole company or perhaps the ASICs division] and provide a really fast IP data network with HDR, rather than the sluggish, expensive GPRS solution.

Telstra Australia switched on their GPRS network:
totaltele.com

<By Simone Deane, Reuters
02 May 2000
Australia's dominant telecommunications group Telstra Corp Ltd said on Tuesday it had switched on its commercial general packet radio service (GPRS) network and would start customer trials on it this month... >



To: JohnG who wrote (4565)5/3/2000 10:34:00 PM
From: q_long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 34857
 
QCOM will never sell the ASICS business A La Carte to NOK. Not a snowballs chance in hell. IP and ASICS are the core of QCOM's business. NOKIA will continue struggling with CDMA and lose share to the Koreans and Kyocera. NOK will continue to dominate GSM and TDMA during their short life.


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