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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5280)	6/5/2000 2:10:00 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

<they are seriously considering W-CDMA> They are as serious as DDI. Sounds like the rest of the world will be trying to catch up to them.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5280)	6/5/2000 2:24:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

Tero, << What's with this assumption that an IS-95 upgrade will prevent SK from implementing W-CDMA? >> Nothing. Harmonization is Grand! $ for Q & Nokia too. << As if NTT-DoCoMo would be doing the roaming studies and trying to buy a 10% stake of SK to support 1X >> Which they will. They build off an IS-2000 base. Harmonization is Grand! The formula can work in reverse: Message 13828770 Don't just think about next Quarter, think about the Quarters to come. First phase IMT-2000 standards set. 3G is here. Who would have thunk it? Lots to come. Time to move on and start thinking about Software Radio, Network to Network Interfaces, Hooks & Extensions, IP Networks, and Routers & Stuff. It's sorta like MicroBiology. Nokia is. Qualcomm Is. Cisco. Hyundai, Lucent, Nortel. Lots to come. Forget about "what color is your handset?" Nokia & Qualcomm: Together the World. (someone used to sign off that way - maybe he will again) - Eric -

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5280)	6/5/2000 10:23:00 PM
From: Randall Knight	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

What's with this assumption that an IS-95 upgrade will prevent SK from implementing W-CDMA? What a clever piece of writing that is. Of course CDMA2000 is an IS-95 upgrade. The point is that DS-CDMA ("W-CDMA") IS NOT!. That is why SK won't use it. That and the fact that DS-CDMA won't be commercially available for several years. SK is upgrading their wireless network at a minimal cost in a minimum time frame with maximum results. After the upgrade, SK will be delivering data at 144k and will double their voice capacity. Unless of course they throw in HDR. In which case they will still double their voice capacity but will also provide data at 2.4MB/sec. From all accounts, HDR will be commercial by the beginning of next year. What is lost in the FUD is that as more CDMA (the fastest growing wireless standard) networks move to 1x, wireless operators around the world are going to look dang silly bragging about their future 19k data offerings. The Koreans aren't about to give up their leadership in CDMA. It is one of their largest industries. This whole DS-CDMA (btw, please start calling it that. W-CDMA is the broad designation for all 3G CDMA standards.) argument is starting to sound pretty darn weak. Oh yes. And there is only one ASIC developer with chips that will take advantage of those 1x networks. As I recall, no Nokia handsets use those ASICs. Let's see, SK Telecom, DDI/IDO, Verizon, Sprint. To whom else will Nokia not be selling handsets?

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5280)	6/6/2000 10:55:00 AM
From: chirodoc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5280)	6/7/2000 9:54:00 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, Did any company sign with NOK on its invented WCDMA license yet? Yes, NOK can provide almost free IPR with whichever company is willing to sign. You see the Chinese are dumb for not realizing GSM already covering all China and are still willing to pay some millions initial fee to QCOM for QCOM's 3G (CDMA 2000)technology. May be it is all FUD from QCOM. This royalty bearing agreement is actually between Eastern Telecom and NOK on WCDMA license????? What do you think? China Business Briefs: Eastcom, Qualcomm Sign Deal Dow Jones Newswires BEIJING -- China's largest state-owned mobile communications maker, Eastern Communications Co. Ltd. (Q.ECM), Wednesday signed an intellectual property rights agreement with U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) for Code Division Multiple Access, or CDMA, technology. Under the agreement, Eastcom will develop handset and base station prototypes based on Qualcomm's 3G CDMA technology, the company said in a statement. Brian H.