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To: Kent Rattey who wrote (10250)	5/16/2000 9:43:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 13582

Sounds like V is flexing. <gg> eom.......

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (10250)	5/17/2000 12:27:00 AM
From: quidditch	Respond to of 13582

Very interesting statement[s]... I noted that too, and the sentence immediately preceding that is suggestive also. At the end of this post there is a copy of VOD's version of the appointment of ERICY. You will note some differences, principal among them that VOD's release does not mention W-CDMA or UMTS, only 3G. While it is easy to get excited over VOD's "fence straddling", if indeed that is what it is, in its selection of ERICY, there are many other possible interpretations of the quoted language: e.g., that VOD will insist on its worldwide internet platform to be incorporated on chipsets and the like. So, yes it is tempting to think that VOD is opening the door a crack to something other than UMTS ("if W-CDMA turns out to be vaporware..." etc.), it is also easy to forget just how formidable the obstacles are to morphing up to anything but UMTS: 1/Base station/infra investment 2/handset/dual modes 3/integrating anything other than GSM/UMTS into the GSM network protocol 4/roaming issues 5/SIM recognition 6/ETSI approval...and so on, all while coping with the cost of the new spectrum. Perhaps it would be worth speculating how a gradual incorporation of a second, CDMA-based air interface would actually be rolled out, assuming ETSI permits it...and the time that it would take. Press Release (can't give url/screws up all the fonts) 16/5/2000 Vodafone selects Ericsson as 3G infrastructure supplier Vodafone UK has today announced that it has selected Ericsson as its principal supplier of third-generation (3G) infrastructure for the planned UK rollout of its new 3G network which will enable the next generation of mobile communications services. Vodafone recently succeeded in winning the largest licence available to it in the auction held by the UK government. Vodafone has worked with Ericsson as a network infrastructure supplier since it launched the UK's first mobile phone network in January 1985. More recently the two companies have worked together to trial 3G multimedia services. These trials have given both companies first hand practical experience in the deployment of 3G networks. Both companies are very active within the international committees working on common standards for 3G technology. In support of its commitment to open standards, Ericsson has agreed to work with Vodafone to enable the introduction of other vendor's products into Vodafone's 3G network which is expected to commence service in the first quarter of 2002. Commenting, Peter Bamford, Chief Executive of Vodafone UK Limited, said: "Ericsson has been a strategic partner of Vodafone for many years and we are delighted to further strengthen this relationship by working together on the speedy rollout of our UK 3G network." The new 3G network which will be available to customers in 2002 will deliver customers a new generation of services, including full internet, video-conferencing and many multimedia services. For further information contact: Mike Caldwell, Director Corporate Communications Corinne Norris, Senior Communications Manager Vodafone UK Telephone: 07000 500100

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (10250)	5/17/2000 12:42:00 AM
From: Kent Rattey	Respond to of 13582

computerworld.com Update: Pentagon interested in ultrawideband wireless By Bob Brewin 05/15/2000 The Pentagon today said it views ultrawideband wireless transmission as a "significant technology." But like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it wants to ensure that widespread use of the new technology doesn't degrade satellite signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS). Last week, the FCC adopted a proposal to consider operation of ultrawideband (UWB) services on an unlicensed basis, citing the technology's potential for high-speed data transmission over short distances and its ability to detect buried objects (see story). A senior official in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (ASD/C3I) today said the Pentagon has "potential applications" in both the sensing and short-range communications areas that could take advantage of UWB technology. But he endorsed plans by the FCC to test the new technology for potential interference before authorizing its widespread use. The senior Pentagon official, who asked not to be named, said the Department of Defense wants to proceed carefully with UWB because of concerns about the ability of GPS signals to continue working properly. GPS technology, which is used to target weapons and for aircraft navigation, "is quite weak compared with other authorized radio signals," the Pentagon official said. As a result, he added, technical experts within the Department of Defense are concerned that widespread use of another radio system that intrudes on GPS signals "could have a negative effect" on the performance of GPS systems. UWB technology uses a broad swath of the radio frequency spectrum, not just a single one. But Ralph Petroff, chairman of Time Domain Inc. in Huntsville, Ala., last week dismissed any chances that UWB could interfere with GPS signals. Time Domain has developed a ground-penetrating radar based on UWB that can zoom in on people buried in piles of rubble after an earthquake. The radar transmits only "millionths of a watt over the (GPS band)," Petroff said at the NetWorld/Interop 2000 conference in Las Vegas. "If we interfere with GPS, we don't have a business." But Jim Lovett, director of strategic polices at Palo Alto, Calif.-based start-up Fantasma Networks Inc.,said his company is so concerned about interfering with GPS signals that it's avoiding any use of GPS frequencies in the UWB-based household wireless systems it's now developing.