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To: JohnG who wrote (5236)	6/4/2000 1:26:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 34857

Interesting... odd announcement when you read through the whole thing... I've clipped a couple of points, and added comment. 1) They've briefly skimmed over what appears to be some early testing of W-CDMA in HK. What it tells me is that they are in the board level stage, with general purpose chips, nothing close to a realized application specific chipset. But, give them credit, they're beyond "proof of concept" in that they are now radiating rather than cabled up in a lab... "Following the completion of the first phase of basic functional trials in February, the second phase 3G trials involved more intensive testing of 3G WCDMA to determine the experimental system?s advanced technology and features, such as power control and handover capabilities. During the trials, data calls with bit rates up to 384 kbit/s were successfully made." 2) More significantly, looks like they are going forward with GRPS deployment in the same market. Again, along with my comments above, this tells me that NOK still has time to go before seeing something that can be stuffed into a handset and deployed. The costs of deploying GRPS/HSCSD are high enough that C&W would have to commit resources for an extended period of time to achieve the payback point. "With this launch of Hong Kong?s first HSCSD service at a speed of 43.2 kbit/s, mobile data service customers can enjoy high-speed data transmission when using appropriate card phone models connected to a designated dial-up number. In addition, Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services is ready to offer GPRS capabilities empowered by Nokia Networks. With the successful testing of the Nokia GPRS network, Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services can explore innovative mobile applications that will enable total IP mobility." Why would C&W choose to deploy GRPS if W-CDMA is as close as NOK would have some to believe? mellowtron... Q Rocket Thread.........

To: JohnG who wrote (5236)	6/5/2000 10:28:00 AM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 34857

"remember the Thalidimide babies--hundreds of human babies born in Europe" What makes you think that was Europe only?

To: JohnG who wrote (5236)	6/5/2000 11:26:00 AM
From: Puck	Respond to of 34857

George Gilder on the health risk of wireless handsets: Message 13788286 To: Emory Alexander who wrote (4335) From: George Gilder Saturday, May 27, 2000 12:19 PM ET Reply # of 4467 I have constantly written on this ridiculous topic. All around the globe, longevity is roughly proportionate to cellphone use. As long as the Scandinavians and Japanese--the world's heaviest users of cell phones for two decades--continue to live significantly longer than the rest of us there is absolutely no reason to pay any attention to obviously erroneous speculations. Exposed to sunlight, which also has a curious warming effect that should be investigated, the human race evolved in the face of immense electromagnetic radiance. With lightening bolts hitting the earth at a rate of 400 a second, the human race has always been bathed in fields of voltage from the earth. As the radon studies showed, electromagnetic radiation has a hormetic effect that combats cancer and other disorders. It keeps us alive to fulfill our manifest destiny to chatter on cellphones while eating linquini with clam sauce and contemplating the evolution of the AlGorithm since the great man invented it at Harvard in 1972. --GG