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To: JohnG who wrote (2398)	8/24/2000 11:37:50 AM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Respond to of 196491

Sprint gets its 56k through Bluekite, as it is a IS-95A system. Only Korea and Japan are IS95B. US carriers decided to skip B and wait for 1X. The shy guy wanted to make this clear. Cax Sprint Taps BlueKite.com For High-Speed Wireless Data KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, U.S.A., 2000 AUG 24 (NB) -- By Steve Gold, Newsbytes. Sprint PCS [NYSE:PCS] said it is working with BlueKite.com, the wireless data specialist, to implement a high-speed wireless data facility on its PCS network. Sprint PCS is calling its high-speed data service the Enhanced Internet Connection (EIC), saying it enables customers to use a laptop or other handheld computing device connected to their Sprint PCS phone to access e-mail, business applications and Web sites as easily on the road as they do at home. The plan is for Sprint PCS to use BlueKite's optimization technologies to provide customers with a wireless Web surfing service at speeds comparable to those seen on a 56k modem landline. BlueKite said its technology optimizes Web access bandwidth over CDMA networks, consuming at least eight times less bandwidth than packet-switched mobile Internet services that are not yet BlueKite-enabled. BlueKite.com's Web site is at bluekite.com . Sprint PCS' Web site is at sprintpcs.com . Reported by Newsbytes.com, newsbytes.com . 07:31 CST (20000824/Press Contact: Tom Murphy, Sprint PCS 719-559-6703 /WIRES ONLINE, TELECOM, BUSINESS/)

To: JohnG who wrote (2398)	8/24/2000 12:11:28 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196491

Well, you know that the carriers are going to have to justify that expenditure somehow. It will probably be the same old story--keep CDMA and HDR out of Europe at whatever cost. The problem will be that GSM will be kaput outside Europe in a few years so the Euros won't be able to use ease of roaming as an argument. Not that they will effectively be able to so anyway once multi chips are developed. And they are coming out soon. If you think that the geo-political wrangling was rough on CDMAOne, just wait 'til the Asians start cranking out HDR at greater than 2.4 Mbps speeds. At that point, the US as well as Asia will be applying political pressure on the Euros. Brutal. Euros are in a real pickle. Unless, of course, Nokia and Q have made a behind-the-scenes deal for HDR phone-like devices, as suggested by the Motley Fool poster. In either event, things are looking rosy for the Q.