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To: EJhonsa who wrote (6851)	8/4/2000 1:16:13 AM
From: mightylakers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric, You may not know that NTT's WCDMA was supposed to be up and running in the May of THIS YEAR. As for the other schedules, what schedule? W-CDMA is a brand-new technology of sorts, being a CDMA/GSM hybrid, There's no GSM in DaCoMo's WCDMA, nada, zip. And imagine how full their hands will be, I don't think it has the GSM capability soon.

To: EJhonsa who wrote (6851)	8/4/2000 4:14:30 AM
From: The Verve	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric, I'm a bit shocked over your apparent ignorance over the unlikelihood of timely WCDMA rollout...I had the feeling you were much more in tune to all this. I say this because in general your posts drip with intelligent commentary about all things wireless. I don't have specific links I can post, although I could if I wanted to devote an hour or two to this post. I don't have the time for that, so I won't. BUT, I will say this. WCDMA standards are still fluid. There are NO WCDMA handsets ready for commercialization. The handsets being used in test networks aren't ready for realtime use, as they have a peculiar thing that looks like a Ford Econoline van they're mounted inside. (Consumers are interested in portability, so a van mounted to a phone isn't going to sell in sufficient quantities) IPR issues are a mess. Specifically, one of the preeminent wireless gurus, Dr Jacobs of Qualcomm says (and you can hear his words directly by going to the Q website and listening to the last 3 conference calls...) "WCDMA handsets go through batteries too quickly." "Phones run 'hot'." "Data rates don't appear to be as robust as once hoped." "Rollout dates for WCDMA are 'optimistic'. " There are other resources which illuminate this further, unfortunately I don't have the inclination, nor the time to dig them up. I will forward them to you as I inevitably run across them... Verve