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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (8649)	1/4/2001 10:47:28 AM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 34857

Tero: Chuckle. See your writing skills and laser focus on GSM land - and enthusiasm - are undiminished. Missed you. As has been clear, and is still clear, the year 2001 is a year of transition for both GSM land and CDMA land. Neither GPRS nor 1x are in full operational deployment yet but they will be increasingly in operation as the year unfolds. When the fun will begin will be beyond GPRS and 1x. Both are givens. What will be worth watching will be EDGE and 1xEV. On those we may have a few clues toward the end of this year, but will not know much in terms of success (or lack thereof) until 2002. Good to see you are in fine form, and enjoy learning what your views are re GSM land - for CDMA land I rely on others. Best. Chaz

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (8649)	1/4/2001 10:50:17 AM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, Bad hair day? The 1XRRT rollout has occurred in Korea on time, and I am unaware of the type of glitches that GPRS is experiencing. In fact, I am unaware of any 1XRRT Korea problems... Any info on that would be appreciated. Pony them up, as we say here in America. GPRS is a simple upgrade to GSM and not a catalyst for a technology change(unless it doesn't work<g>). As far as Verizon, they are clear on their migration path, and there is a huge difference between lack of handsets and handsets that don't work. Isn't Telson supposed to be producing 1XRRT handsets for NOK? Why are they bothering? Bottom line here is that Sonera/MOT aren't the only companies to have problems with GPRS, which begs the question; What gives? Kent

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (8649)	1/4/2001 8:22:23 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, I did a little "digging" for you on the French GPRS problem. It seems that MOT was involved there, but the problem was determined to be ERICY's infrastructure, which Sonera has deployed, also. You would think in journalistic fairness, it would be important to mention in your article that ERICY was involved with MOT in the last "GPRS disaster de Jour" and was the root of France Telecom's postponement. uk.gsmbox.com France Telecom is forced to postpone the launch of GPRS France Telecom, a national operator, has been forced to delay its launch of GPRS services from the end of 2000 to some unspecified time in the first quarter of 2001. The company says that the delay is a result of the several difficulties that Ericsson, the manufacturer based in Sweden, had experienced. SFR, a France Telecom rival and a subsidiary of Vivendi, asserts that it already operates a GPRS network in Paris, France, and will offer national coverage by 15 November 2000. Kent