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To: marginmike who wrote (75776)	7/7/2000 7:11:25 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

The Korean Times seems to be saying that the decision could still go either way. koreatimes.co.kr "In all likelihood SK Telecom, LG Telecom and Korea Telecom will have been selected as the operators of IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication) when the results are in. On the technical side, all companies are believed to be favoring the asynchronous system which is used in Europe but this is feared to wipe out the huge investment made in CDMA (code division multiple access) technologies and create trade friction with the United States which is use a synchronous system. ``We believe the European method is more advanced and better suited for Korea and the government did say that there is no limitation on the technology to be used,'' said one SK official. The company that is really feeling the heat is Korea Telecom since it is a state-invested company and is obligated to look out for the national and public interest and so the option is still open. ``It is difficult to tell for now, but if Korea Telecom decides to adopt the synchronous system, SK Telecom is likely to follow suit since it had until recently showed a preference for the American technology,'' the analyst said. And if the two companies decide to go with the American technology, there will be little alternative for LG Telecom but to converge and adopt the same system, the industry analysts said. ``Setting up the IMT-2000 network is going to require huge investment and the three companies will have to collaborate with each other one way or another and this means they will have to use the same technology,'' one analyst said." - Fred