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To: foundation who wrote (5060)	11/30/2000 1:42:38 PM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196528

Ben: I don't know about iMODE - iMODE is a very limited part of any wireless system. It's the PHCM equivalent of the WAP microbrowser. However, NTT is building a global franchise of WCDMA. NTT has been aggressively investing in wireless companies around the world to put together a global UMTS service. I think this is extraordinarily positive for the development of WCDMA. Nobody in their right minds could expect WCDMA to be delivered before 2002, except for a limited offering in Japan by May 2001. All of the analyst models have been using 2003 as their target date for WCDMA. Nothing is going to stop QCOM from collecting the royalties and selling the chipsets for WCDMA now!!

To: foundation who wrote (5060)	11/30/2000 6:51:25 PM
From: limtex	Respond to of 196528

BG - Thereis a difference in certain telecommunication media between the West and the Oriet and it has to do with alaphabet. I have seen it with fax but I haven't examined the i-mode in Japan to see how and why they use it. But the Japanses do have Chinese glyphs and there may be an advantage for users in that language that is not the same in English. Has anyone here used an i-mode phone in Japan? or has knowledge of any advantage of i-mode for a Japanse language speaker. Best regards, L