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To: S100 who wrote (8661)	1/5/2001 4:33:24 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Its kind of frustrating with these, probably on purpose, very thin analysis which always conveniantly "forget" some basic mechanisms. Some of them: - penetration rates will reach more than 100%. Just like people have many shoes, for different use, mobile users will have 2-3 phones,handsets, terminals, in the pocket, in the car, at work, partying,etc,etc. (this is already the case in Finland for some and increase when the wireless services diversify) - one of the few smart articles lately has been the one pointing out how teenagers in Japan "live" in and trhough their mobile phone, their personal, private space, mechanism for interacting socially, etc,etc (connecting people) Also compare using SMS messages for "flirting", both among teenagers and especially adults as well as a convenient way of "keeping instant contact" without interrupting. (it is already a tradition to call friends, relatives, when driving home from work, out on an evening walk,send instant SMS messages when a TV program starts, out on a beer,etc) - as soon as the "security phone" for elderly gets on the market (EU-project) the "last" consumer group will be reached (leaving babies and toddlers) - Nokia used the word "apparel" for phones already back in 93-4, wich now is proven correct through the consumer response on the Nokia models. - EU will have at least 8 large operators, a minimum of 4-5 competing locally in all markets to ensure a constructive competition. This also makes it possible for smaller operators if they can cooperate. (additionally competition wire-wireless and the present 2G-3G widereaching system and more local ones like WLAN as well as broadcasting variants) Ilmarinen.