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To: Peter Ecclesine who wrote (7065)	5/23/2000 12:30:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: CDMA vs TDMA / George Gilder vs AT&T / EDGE for real? Bernard and Peter- Hey perfect timing for my question since two wireless experts have posted back to back. In today's WSJ, which I unfortunately left at the coffee shop, I read a rebuttal letter from an AT&T executive. His letter was a somewhat scathing response to what apparently was a George Gilder article two weeks ago. Seems GG ticked off the AT&T folks because as you know, T elected to go with TDMA technology in their mobile wireless network. And GG is a CDMA proponent adnauseum. What the T executive claimed astounded me and I'm looking for verification of his comments. The T executive claimed that TDMA sports some 300 million users worldwide. I suppose if you say GSM is really a form of TDMA, then it's accurate. BUT as we all know, they are not compatible technologies for a customer and IMO, should not be lumped together. But the real surprise came as I read about T's plans for EDGE networks. T's executive is claiming that when T rolls out broadband mobile wireless--TDMA-EDGE technology next year, it will be fully GSM-EDGE compatible. Not only that, he claims it will do a robust 356 Kbps data rate! And either he was alluding to, or claiming(I don't recall which), that T's broadband wireless network will be European compatible and ready to go next year!? Was the T's executive claims about EDGE accurate, or is this just the typical posturing of two disparate technology pundits? Thanks. -MikeM(From Florida)