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To: Ruffian who wrote (72634)5/27/2000 1:50:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL  Respond to of 152472
 
See excerpt below from QCOM press release. The comparison is between 1X-MC/HDR and WCDMA, not 3X. 1x-MC/HDR can operate in existing spectrum for most carriers, WCDMA cannot.

....Other third-generation CDMA systems using wider bandwidths than CDMA 1xMC, such as WCDMA/UMTS, although coming to market later and fully supported by QUALCOMM, do not achieve this performance." ...