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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (90253)	12/15/2000 8:50:21 AM
From: samim anbarcioglu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Can I order some NOK brand urinal splash guards and bathroom deodorants through you?

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (90253)	12/15/2000 9:18:52 AM
From: brian h	Respond to of 152472

Mika, ::::Possibly the truth of future wireless deployment... Nobody should be shocked by the WCDMA being the dominant standard. Size of market dictates deployment.:::::::: I am impressed. Mika. ERICY and NOKIA certainly run a very good FUD machine. QCOM does has a long way to go to combat with you guys marketing efforts. After the last couple of years's fight between GSM vs. CDMA, the only conclusion you can come up now is "market size does matter over technology". Where are those CDMA does not work, WCDMA is a better technology, and I can assure ERICY has as much CDMA patents as QCOM's statements? I am also wondering ERICY's press releases about 17 out of 19 WCDMA contracts. Are they just smokes or can be stretched into say 10 years period? Or can they get canceled if EDGE developed? You never answer the question for me before. Could you comment? Time will tell.

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (90253)	12/15/2000 10:05:43 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

It is part of AT&T's plan as EDGE is considerably less expensive to deploy...so expect WCMA/UMTS in metropolitan areas with EDGE covering the rest of the country. In many of the countries which have acutioned licenses, new operators have been chosen....wont these operators be forced to build nationwide networks? I can't imagine that they are willing to pay roaming fees to well over 90% of a nation (coverage wise). Also, the following article seems to indicate that infrastructure costs are well below what was previously thought.... Message 15020113 Hutchison Whampoa told analysts it will spend £3bn rolling out its third generation - or 3G - mobile phone network in the UK - down from a previous estimate of up to £5bn, according to leaks from the meeting. MobilCom will invest 1.6bn euros on its German network. "At first we expected a total of five to six billion euros. We'll save a third of that over 10 years," MobilCom's chairman Gerhard Schmid told the German magazine Telebörse. Also, have you heard of any further developments on EDGE? There have been a variety of articles which indicated that development of EDGE had been slow....which is why T decided on another upgrade route. If T could have stuck with EDGE, they likely could have had roaming with NTT through the W-CDMA/EDGE terminals you mentioned. I-mode would have worked just as well over EDGE...why even go GSM? Slacker