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To: Sully- who wrote (79828)	9/8/2000 5:59:03 PM
From: Cooters	Respond to of 152472

wstera, I replied to Suzie on TMF and also sent her an E-Mail inviting her to join SI. Reply below(not my best effort; I was in a hurry): boards.fool.com Suzie, I think the problem with W-CDMA's progress has a few facets, but will agree the CDMA2000 route is QCOM's preference, as they wrote the standard : - There is no indication WCDMA handsets are anywhere near available. I'm not familiar with Infineon's progress, but a new CDMA ASIC vendor needs some field testing before their offerings can be deemed a success. Look to NOK, MOT, LSI, and others who failed in the field. - Is W-CDMA not a standard in flux? Lots of parties with their hands in there I would say, many with NO practical experience with CDMA. - It took a long time for 2G CDMA to go from having a network installed to operating a fully loaded network. Again, there is an experience gap here. - W-CDMA is not a very clean IPR situation on top of the standard rate due to QCOM. I look forward to your commments. Cooters