Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Nokia (NOK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5567)	6/14/2000 3:56:00 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Did I read some interesting subtext in your post, Tero? In rural areas where there may be little or no interest in data transfer, is it possible that CDMAOne may have some residual utility? Regards, A mind-controlled, lame-witted, vile-tempered cabalist Cassandra

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5567)	6/14/2000 4:26:00 PM
From: Jim Lurgio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Philippine firm, foreign partners to offer satellite-based mobile phone system Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific - Economic Publication date: 2000-06-14 Text of report by Philippine newspaper `The Philippine Star' web site on 14th June The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) and three other foreign partners are set to offer a satellite-based mobile phone system in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines by the fourth quarter this year. If things go as planned, the ASIA Cellular Satellite (ACeS) will be the first regional based, handheld mobile telecom system exclusively for Asia Pacific. ACeS business development manager Gema Suria said the system could use the standard GSM 900 network when available or directly link up to the Garuda 1 geosynchronous satellite when outside cellular coverage area. "The ACeS system extends the reach of national telecommunication services where there are none available. In addition to mobile-to- mobile calls, ACeS subscribers can communicate with both fixed wireline and wireless telephone users worldwide," he said. Suria said Swedish telecom supplier Ericsson will provide the first ACeS handset which has a detachable satellite antenna. It is similar in size and weight to most cellular phones currently available in the market. On the other hand, he said Garuda 1 is one of the most powerful satellites ever built for commercial use. It is capable of supporting up to 11,000 simultaneous telephone channels and up to two million subscribers. Its coverage extends from Pakistan and India in the west to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea in the east and from Japan and China in the north down to Indonesia in the south. "This footprint covers approximately three billion people, many of whom currently have no access to telecom services," Suria said. The company's goal is to sign up about 200,000 customers in the first two years of operation. Without revealing the project cost, Suria said they expect to break even once they reach 150,000 subscribers with an average usage of five minutes a day. Since ACeS is a member of the GSM Association, its customers can easily roam on other GSM networks worldwide while GSM users can also use the ACeS network when traveling throughout Asia. To encourage use, Suria said their goal is to provide satellite- based service for less than a dollar per minute as compared to other operators like Iridium which charges a very high 3-7 dollars per minute depending on distance. PLDT controls 28 per cent of ACeS while Indonesia's Pasifix Satelit Nusantara has 34 per cent; US-based Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, has 30 per cent; and Thai telecom service provide Jasmine International has eight per cent. Publication date: 2000-06-14 ¸ 2000, YellowBrix, Inc. cnniw.yellowbrix.com