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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (5134)	5/31/2000 6:44:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Mika, I think it's probably best to just buy a really good WWeb system rather than mess around with rebuilding old houses and tv sets with set-top boxes if we want to get to 3G. I dare say service providers can do arithmetic and count erlangs per $bnGHz megaconcatenation. Since we don't have information on how much the electronic gizzards are costing, we'll only be able to see which systems are most economic once real money is paid for real systems installed. We won't have long to wait. GPRS has lots of orders and so does 1X CDMA stuff. CDMA is off and running whereas GPRS is still warming up [hopefully not warming up TOO much as there are suggestions that the batteries will go flat and the devices get too hot to handle]. Yours Righteously, Maurice PS: TheRegister didn't give GPRS good press and seemed to think some Nokia people were trying to moderate wild expectations for GSM's last gasp. They seemed to claim they were quoting some bona fide Nokians. Via PM, here is something to chew on: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you look over the last few posts from Tero, you will note comments about Dr IJ. No knowledge of GSM, BS does not work in the present market, etc. I suspect Dr. J has some knowledge of GSM per the paste at the end. Also, if you search on linkabit, you will find many RFC and some "no title" or such. The RFCs are the key documents defining the way the internet works. Check the upper left in many such as cis.ohio-state.edu. You will see D.L. Mills M/A-COM Linkabit September 1985. Gives a good idea why QCOMs CDMA system is tied into the internet so well. I think the words are "packet switched" vice "circuit switched". Guess Tero does not approve of "BS" but likes "MS" or is it "MD". M=Moose as per one poster said "they would rather eat Moose Dung than use QCOM ASICs." ----------------------------- The following article The New Rules of Wireless was first published in Forbes ASAP, March 29, 1993. <...Ten years ago at Linkabit, the current leaders of Qualcomm conceived and patented the TDMA technology adopted as the U.S. standard by the Telephone Industry Association. Like analog HDTV, it was a powerful advance for its time. But even then, Viterbi and Jacobs were experimenting with a Shannonesque technology. ...> From forbes.com

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (5134)	5/31/2000 8:07:00 AM
From: Kent Rattey	Respond to of 34857

mobiledataevolution.com The GSM data evolution path always requires new network infrastructure and new phones. Every one of the future GSM data services from HSCSD on requires the purchase of a new mobile phone. HSCSD, WAP, GPRSEDGE, 3G- they all require a new handset. Third Generation (3G) handsets will not work on EDGE or WCDMA base stations. However, multiband GSM/ 3G, GSM/ GPRS, GSM/ EDGE terminals will be available. On the infrastructure side, a GSM Network Operator must make new investments in base stations for GPRS, EDGE and 3G. Once the GPRS backbone is implemented, the evolution to 3G requires only evolution and enhancements, with defined upgrade paths already developed by the infrastructure vendors.