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To: Gus who wrote (5444)	6/12/2000 8:14:00 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

The only people hitting their heads on the wall here are the whinny Qualcommers who keep on asking why Nokia is not buying chips from Qualcomm Just you wait. Jill

To: Gus who wrote (5444)	6/12/2000 9:16:00 AM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 34857

Gussy. Tell us the truth. Are you really Tero's little sister? JohnG

To: Gus who wrote (5444)	6/12/2000 1:36:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

Gus, << British Telecom's [BTY] BT CellNet GSM operation in the United Kingdom will launch service using Motorola's GPRS technology later this month, Malone said. Also, more than 20 other carriers are conducting trials of GPRS networks >> That statement is at least slightly at odds with this June 2nd Reuters blurb: >> BT Delays Retail Launch Of GPRS Mobile Phones gprsworld.com UK Anne Hyland GUARDIAN 02/06/2000 P29 British Telecommunications has delayed the retail introduction of its 'second-and-a-half generation' mobile telephones in order to capture higher retail sales over the Christmas period. BT Cellnet intends to launch its new telephones - which operate on the General Packet Radio Switch system, or GPRS - to business customers next month, claiming that there is pent-up demand from those higher value clients. GPRS is an upgrade of the present GSM system and uses network time only when there is information to be sent. It is designed to send data in 'bursts', and is ideal for applications such as email. It also enables a continuously open net connection for browsing. Retail customers, however, will have to wait until December to buy the telephones. BT claims the delay has been caused by the need to perfect its offering to retail clients, which includes fine tuning its content package. Vodafone has also pencilled its launch date for GPRS phones as 'later this year', and is unwilling to rule out Christmas as a possible date, though it promises to have its GPRS network operating by January. Orange chief executive Hans Snook has batted away the question by stating 'we will be introducing GPRS at least as early as anyone else'. One2One says it is aiming at the beginning of next year for its launch. Like some other operators, it says the standards set for the GPRS network and handsets are still being finalised and that it is foolish to rush into the market without those in place. However, some analysts argue the delay in GRPS's introduction is disadvantageous to customers who have already bought WAP-enabled mobile phones that provide a browser. Those WAP phones operate on the existing network which is slower and more expensive. Ovum new media consultant John Davison said the revenues on WAP phones for the mobile phone operators would certainly be higher on the existing net as users pay on a timed basis as well as for the initial connection. Using a GPRS phone, internet connections would be charged by the volume of data downloaded or sent. Mr Davison said the WAP phones available had drawn widespread criticism from users claiming they were inefficient. 'The GPRS and WAP launches have been horribly out of step,' he said. 'The combination of the two will deliver speed and functionality.' Mary Kirby, BT Cellnet commercial development manager, denied that there had been a deliberate delay in the retail launch: 'I would dispute that point. We will go into the market later, and by that time the mass market will be fully conversant with our high-speed data product. 'Our content provider services will then also be ready to meet the need of of the mass consumer market.' Another argument for GPRS phones is that operators will be able to find out what consumers want from Universal Mobile Telecommunications System phones when they are introduced in 2002. 'They have paid large sums of money for 3G licences,' Mr Davison said. 'By only playing with GPRS can they learn what consumers want.' << Watch and wait, I guess. - Eric -