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To: gdichaz who wrote (4940)	5/21/2000 12:12:00 PM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Excuse me - but what is the "viability" problem of GSM? The last time I looked, GSM operators like Unicom, Vimpelcom and Turkcell had subscriber growth rates topping 100-200%. The advanced GSM operators also happen to have the highest mobile data traffic revenues in the world. For Mannesmann and Omnitel, mobile data is already a real profit generator. The hottest growth is now taking place in markets like Turkey, China and South Africa - and subscribers in these places don't give a flying FAQ about 1 Mbps data transfer rates. I don't think you have any idea how much can be achieved by just 50 kbps. If you're expecting consumers in India or Iran to jump from GSM to 3G in 2002 you're cruising for a bruising. There is no mass market for 1'500 dollar multimedia phones with 3 dollar per minute streaming video applications. Even in 2005, the vast majority of the 700 million GSM subscribers will still be using GSM/GPRS models. Tero