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To: sand wedge who wrote (2957)	6/22/2000 9:41:00 AM
From: areokat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

>>Unlike you old farts, the working contingent on this thread, actually produce dry powder all the time.<< Too true csw. Too many of the elders have stopped being productive member of society. Now, instead of working their fingertips to the bone, they sit around and clip their coupons and collect their dividends. Very sad because at one time they made the effort to contribute to the thread and even if their results were flawed at least they tried. But once they retire they just seem to spin their wheels and dance away into the sunset. ca@Iwasthinkingaboutretiringtoountil4-2000.com

To: sand wedge who wrote (2957)	6/22/2000 10:23:00 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 22706

SW, << Fact is, GSM is still growing regardless of what table pounders on 14 SI threads say >> LOL! ("table pounders") FWIW: Some Stats from December '99 to May 2000: GSM net subscribers increased 40.2 million from 271 to 311.2 million (14.8%). CDMA net subscribers increased 14.3 million to 50.1 to 64.4 million (28.5%). GSMA forecast subscribers to increase in 2000 by 85.1 million to 356.1 million (31.4%). This may be conservative. 2001 GSM growth is forecast at 105.4 million (29.6%). Interpret the numbers as thee will. My interpretation is that while CDMA remains the "fastest growing" technology, GSM is NOT dead. << WAP is becoming a dominant standard and it appears that this dominance will remain until wide spread market acceptance of HDR. Could this be another tornado albeit a short one? >> I think we are on the verge of a tornado. The wireless data tornado. WAP plays in this, but so does GPRS (followed by EDGE), and 1xMC (phase 0 followed by Revision A). GPRS will be huge. 1xMC not shabby. The 3G (multimedia) tornado is off on the horizon, somewhere. As for CDMA, the tornado continues, as cdmaOne rolls seamlessly into cdma2000, IMO. - ce -