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To: marginmike who wrote (1432)	7/26/2000 9:32:17 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197030

<According to Keith Woolcock of the investment bank Nomura, the world's largest mobile-phone maker Nokia (NOK:NYSE ADR - news) told him during a trip to Finland earlier this month that the expected data rate on a third-generation network would only be 156 kilobits per second, less than half of what the industry is saying will be available. Nokia did not return phone calls. And even this speed may be too optimistic. "Some industry insiders have told us that in the early years 3G networks might only carry data at 30 kilobits to 60 kilobits a second," says Woolcock. That's little more than what the interim mobile technology -- General Packet Radio Service, or GPRS -- is expected to offer. If Woolcock is right, then it would be a huge blow to an industry counting on the principle that you can never give people too much bandwidth. > thestreet.com