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To: samim anbarcioglu who wrote (4664)	5/10/2000 1:15:00 AM
From: Quincy	Respond to of 34857

Welcome to the thread, Samim. B-) I am dying to know what country do you live in?

To: samim anbarcioglu who wrote (4664)	5/10/2000 3:49:00 AM
From: Quincy	Respond to of 34857

A while ago, my physician asked me why her GSM phone (US PCS) did not work as well as her older handset did in her native Germany. PCS providers must deploy base stations at a higher density than 800 or 900mhz. It is taking years to finish coverage. In the meantime, customers expect roaming on older systems to fill in the gaps. GSM providers in Europe have good base station coverage at 800mhz and have started deploying the same standard at 1800mhz. Dual-band phones for that system are probably no more complex than my QCP2760 with AMPS. But, since the incumbent systems in Brazil are IS41 based, why sentence them to the same GSM roaming absence problem we have in North America? We could expect the good folks of Brazil to wait until their phone stops flashing "NO NETWORK" at them before they make a call. Just like most PCS customers in the US. But, I think we can predict the acceptance of GSM in Brazil by comparing the current growth of GSM in North America against newer standards, with inexpensive AMPS modes, like CDMAOne. By the way, WCDMA at 1800mhz? Where???