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To: Kent Rattey who wrote (4071)	10/28/2000 1:48:54 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Respond to of 197271

Third generation of technology focus at CDMA conference By Bruce V. Bigelow UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 27, 2000 After talking for years about the capabilities of so-called third-generation wireless technologies, a handful of companies are now beginning to deploy the equipment that will actually make it possible. While most wireless carriers are still preparing for third-generation, or 3G, mobile services, Korea's SK Telecom said yesterday it began operating such a network in Seoul earlier this month. Third-generation mobile communications offer the ability to send and receive far more digital information by increasing the "bandwidth" -- the size of the invisible pipeline used in radio-frequency systems. Jae Byun, a senior manager of SK Telecom, described the new system during an annual CDMA developers' conference, which began yesterday at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. The two-day conference is devoted to wireless products and services based on CDMA, or Code Division Multiple Access, a digital communication pioneered by San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. Aside from offering increased bandwidth, 3G systems handle data at a faster rate than existing wireless technologies, providing the ability to send and receive voice, video, text and data at the same time. Such capabilities mean 3G devices can maintain an "always on" Internet connection, which allows users to exchange e-mail and access Web sites. Several manufacturers attending the conference also introduced new wireless equipment that carriers will need to build 3G networks. For example: Motorola said it has signed a 3G contract with Alltel, the Little Rock, Ark., wireless service provider, for installation of 3G networks in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La. Financial terms of the deal, Motorola's first 3G contract in the United States, were not disclosed. Ericsson's San Diego-based CDMA Systems unit unveiled two new 3G CDMA base-station controllers, including a compact, suitcase-sized unit that can be mounted on lightpoles, rooftops, walls and confined spaces. Samsung's Dallas-based telecommunications unit introduced its own 3G CDMA system, including a base-station controller, base-station manager and a base-transceiver station. Industry officials attending the conference maintain that CDMA offers the best technology for attaining the promise of 3G services, but the matter is far from decided. "We're dealing in a very geopolitical environment," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group, the Irvine-based industry trade association that sponsored the conference. "The gross national product of some countries depend on their exports of telecom products." Conference sponsors say CDMA is now used by about 71 million people, or almost 10 percent of the world's estimated 850 million cellular-phone subscribers.