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To: Ruffian who wrote (6826)	8/3/2000 3:02:16 PM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Who is going to manufacture GSM-1XRTT handsets? Or GSM-cdma2000 handsets? No company has announced an intention to do so. No company has even announced GSM-CDMA chipset shipping dates. I don't see any operator choosing a combination of standards that has no vendor backing. I understand that it's possible to combine GSM with 1XRTT - but if nobody is already doing that, the time is running out. Maybe GPRS-bashing is now in vogue - but there are at least 15 different GSM-GPRS phones rolling out by next spring. There is real vendor support from all Top Five phone brands in the market. Shanghai Unicom is implementing GPRS. Nokia just landed a GPRS deal in Taiwan and Hong Kong has a bundle of GPRS deals. Looking at the orders, the entire Chinese GSM market of mainland-Taiwan-Hong Kong seems to be moving towards GPRS. If 1XRTT is a viable rival - where are the contracts? Why is there not a single GSM operator doing 1XRTT implementation? It's just five months until year 2001. The clock is ticking. Tero