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To: LBstocks who wrote (10124)	5/15/2000 11:55:00 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 13582

LBstocks (& Shy Guy), << Sprint, Verizon, and Telstra have announced cdma2000 1X-mc trials for this Summer, with announced deployment plans for 2001 >> To the best of my knowledge, Verizon does not have "announced" deployment plans for 2001 for cdma2000 1X-mc. The latest "official" word on the subject, I can find is from the Q&A on their recently launched new web site: verizonwireless.com >> Q. What is the difference between TDMA data and CDMA data? A. 1XRTT CDMA data supports voice and data in the same spectrum. TDMA data requires allocated spectrum separate and apart from the spectrum supporting voice service. 1XRTT CDMA data is backward compatible, meaning our existing data and voice customers can utilize the 3G network. Conversely, advanced 3G data and voice customers can use their services on today?s existing network. TDMA providers have to carve out separate spectrum and this spectrum cannot support voice calls. Q. What are the future plans for the new company?s network? How will it continue to be enhanced? A. Verizon Wireless will invest more than $3 billion in its network this year. The company will leverage its scale and synergies through volume network infrastructure purchases to accelerate the deployment of CDMA service and to lay the groundwork 3G services. The company also plans to introduce new services such as two-way short messaging and over-the-air provisioning. Q. What are Verizon Wireless? plans for deploying 3G services? A. Verizon Wireless will begin to ready the network for the first phase ? 1XRTT - of 3G services by conducting field trials with its infrastructure vendors later this year. Initially, we will trial data access speeds of 144 kbps. Q. Will Verizon Wireless deploy HDR, 1Xplus or another as part of its 3G rollout? A. Verizon Wireless is currently looking at multiple technologies. No determination has been made as to which technology will ultimately be deployed. << I am optimistically looking forward to what I consider to be a logical "official announcement" of 1XRTT deployment, beyond trials. - Eric -

To: LBstocks who wrote (10124)	5/15/2000 12:39:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 13582

LBstocks (& Shy Guy), Qualification to my previous post: >> Verizon to Test 1XRTT Technology with Lucent cdg.org May 1, 2000 By Lynnette Luna RCR Verizon Wireless, now the country's largest operator, said it will begin field trials of cdma2000 1XRTT technology with Lucent Technologies Inc. in June, and follow with a rollout of the technology next year. Verizon is the second U.S. Code Division Multiple Access operator to announce plans to roll out the technology by next year. Sprint PCS plans to commercially deploy 1X technology by mid-2001. The carrier is in the process of testing the technology today with vendors Lucent, Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks, Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. <snip> "This demonstration is proof that CDMA provides the most cost-efficient, graceful evolution to 3G services, exceeding all other competing digital standards,'' said Bill Stone, executive director of network planning for Verizon Wireless. ''We look forward to conducting field trials this summer with Lucent, device manufacturers and content providers. Our plan is to make these data access speeds available to customers sometime next year." << Still waiting (patiently) for an official release from Verizon, but perhaps this is close enough for now. <g> - Eric -