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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (186)	7/4/2000 10:18:50 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197444

Method of Selecting IMT-2000 Operators to Be Revealed Thursday. hk.co.kr The method of selecting operators for IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication) will be announced Thursday following a consultation between the government and the ruling party. The Ministry of Information and Communication said Minister Ahn Byung-yup will meet with legislators of the House Science and Technology Committee to work out the final details. ``We are in the final stages of completing the details for the qualifications that the new licensees will require and this will be put on public notice tomorrow,'' said one ministry official. The government is looking to designate three licensees for providing next-generation mobile communications services although the specific number has yet to be determined. The main issue at hand is the technology that Korea will adopt for IMT-2000 services, whether it will be synchronous, an American standard, or asynchronous the European model. ``It if difficult to say for now what the details of the requirements will be, but indications are that both standards will be acceptable,'' said one industry analyst. ÀÔ·Â½Ã°£ 2000/07/04 17:30

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (186)	7/4/2000 10:46:37 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197444

I'm emphasizing this to point out that this is primarily a political decision, not one of technical merit or spectral efficiency. The Koreans want to get into the European and Japanese markets. They already have entry into the American market. The Politicians will be looking at what produces "more jobs for the boys" and exporting W-CDMA equipment to Europe fulfills that political objective. The ministry is scheduled to fine-tune the final selection procedure in a meeting with the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) this morning before holding a breakfast meeting with a parliamentary standing committee tomorrow. The minister will make the public announcement of the government's final plan after tomorrow's meeting. "Government's final plan will be announced after consultations with the ruling party and the parliamentary committee," Kim In-shik, the ministry spokesperson said yesterday