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To: 100cfm who wrote (28161)	7/17/2000 9:39:29 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

100, << if the 3gpp2 approves 1XEV as a standard would that be considered 3G and if so do you think it would affect the adoption of CDMA20003X and WCDMA. >> I assume 3GPP2 will approve 1XEV as a standard proposal and submit it to TIA for standardization. 3GPP2 is simply an extension of Qualcomm and CDG. A rubber stamp for each. It is the private club of the proprietary guys fighting open standards that can't get into the real club. If 1XEV does not take full advantage of IMT-2000 bandwidth (I don't think it will), carriers bidding on new spectrum will not consider it 3G although they might consider it a very good migratory step towards same, but if it doesn't pass through 3GPP I am not sure what it does relative to combating WCDMA. Until it integrates an R-UIM it will not be considered 3g by these carriers. However, since the CDMA R-UIM specification has been approved by TIA it can be incorporated in 1XEV. Forget Europe for the moment because of current regulatory restrictions. A country like China, could potentially adopt 1XEV as a GSM overlay to replace that whacked out POS migratory step called GPRS. That would be FANTASTIC! - Eric -