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To: ehopper who wrote (73704)	6/12/2000 11:11:00 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

ehopper, Wow! Try a multi-mode phone? Roaming service in Japan starts June 15 SK Telecom (SKT) yesterday said that it would start roaming service in Japan in conjunction with NTT DoCoMo. "The roaming service will be available starting June 15 using a dual-standard mobile phone that can support both our CDMA (code division multiple access) and NTTDoCoMo's PDC (personal digital cellular) standards," said a company official. Users may sign up for the international roaming service at any one of SKT's offices and receive a special dual-standard phone manufactured by Matsushita Electric. In Korea, the user can continue to use his own number but need to use a number assigned by NTTDoCoMo when in Japan. SKT said it plans to offer about 2,000 wireless handsets to corporate customers on long-term lease. The handsets will cost about 50,000 won per month with a minimum lease period of six months, according to the company. International roaming will also be available for SKT customers travelling in Australia through Telstra starting in August, in time for the Sydney Olympic Games, according to the official. "We've also signed a deal with China's Unicom for roaming in China," said the official, adding that the service is likely to commence early next year. (KHR) Updated: 06/06/2000 koreaherald.co.kr. Kent

To: ehopper who wrote (73704)	6/13/2000 9:21:00 AM
From: DWB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

ehopper, You lost me... how does the apparent fact that it cost 63% more per user for a GSM system mod. to add capacity over a CDMAone system mod. reflect on the phone carrying capacity of mobile Turks? My question was why is the apparent cost per user of the GSM system so much higher, when we've had all of the GSM proponents telling us it's just the opposite? I wasn't proposing that the Turkish system should convert to CDMA (yet)... just wondering why they had to pay more. As for your crack on American thinking, I guess the fact that you misunderstood the question would then be typical of European thinking? Would it help you out if I typed slower? DWB