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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (6842)	8/3/2000 8:20:41 PM
From: The Verve	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, I'm not suggesting that operators are morons. They're obviously going to do their homework before they commit to spending millions on a 3G network. What I'm suggesting is this: at this stage in time, an operator 'committing' to WCDMA is somewhat analogous to a freshman high school basketball player committing to a college. It's early and 'committments' are not purchase order contracts. I'm interested in the 'test' networks you mention. Please provide proof WCDMA is nearly ready to roll. This subject has been debated ad nauseum on this thread and others. You use the term as if a WCDMA network is nearly ready to go and on the verge of being unveiled. I'm sure a WCDMA network is being tested right now...but I'm also pretty certain there's a LOT of work that needs to be done...I'm betting a few years worth of work. Which is what keeps Q mgmt. up late at night. Q wants the world to begin converting to 3G today...they don't want to have to wait a few years for it to happen. Q's nightmare scenario would be for WCDMA networks to begin being installed somewhere in 2005 or beyond. As far as NOK IR is concerned...I'm sure the girls are blonde and quite attractive, but why are the actress/models that display the phones working in IR? I cringe everytime someone reports the inaccuracies that come out of that dept. However, one does have to admire the Nordic female attributes. Why you spend your time in the States galavanting around with Sprint phones is beyond me. Verve

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (6842)	8/10/2000 1:09:37 PM
From: rf_hombre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Mostly because companies such as SK Telecom and Vodafone have actually seen the W-CDMA test networks and done a lot of research on the topic Do you mean that forlorn and oversized mobile station Nokia and Ericsson haul from one freak show to another? Qualcomm holds, among other things, key power control algorithms in narrow and wideband CDMA, without which vendors will be reinventing the wheel. The difficulty I have is not so much operators' bias toward WCDMA but rather the obstination of vendors to circumvent Qualcomm IPR, which will hurt both Qualcomm and Nokia alike in the long run. rf_hombre

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (6842)	8/14/2000 10:56:20 AM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

I agree with one thing you said - 120 GPRS orders will turn into 120 WCDMA orders. As far as the testing of WCMDA vs CDMA2000 - the UMTS auctions mandated the introduction of DS CDMA air interfaces on top of GSM core networks. It is highly unlikely that VOD was going to selectively challenge this mandate to come up with an incompatible network in Europe based on better technology standards. It has been a beauty contest from the very beginning.