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To: Eric L who wrote (8798)	1/12/2001 3:51:10 PM
From: Puck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Is Jorma still saying 1 B subs by mid 2002? Like In-Stat? Not 2003 like EMC? 550 million handsets next year ... with actual sub growth declining ... suitably aggressive. Irony of ironies. Nokia's projections not long ago were considered to be conservative. Now they're aggressive? LOL. P.S. Don't forget we may yet get a revision of some sort when Nokia actually releases its forecast along with year-end results.

To: Eric L who wrote (8798)	1/12/2001 5:25:25 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 34857

<The current period of hypergrowth in messaging in the GSM communitty is to a great degree a result of internet work interoperability> Although it is very practical to send SMS messages from the computer through internet to the operator to the GSM network, this is not very common among regular users. It is actually more conveniant to hook up the handset to the PC and copy or key in the message on that computer and then send it using the GSM handset and GSM network, instantly beeping in the GSM pocket of the GSM recipient. With bluetooth one doesn't even have to position the IRD things nor hook up a serial cable, really nice. One problem is that not one (to my knowledge) PC-program can handle 2 handsets separately, and especially not a family of 4 GSM users but one PC and DSL connection. That is, I don't really understand what internet (nor the post office) has to do with regular SMS messaging with emphasize on mobile and instant beep-beep. (within the human limit of 2-3 seconds, not the 10 minutes normal setups causes a browser to check for new emails, if constantly connected with DSL or similar) Or did you mean the problems of keeping the old analog AMPS up and running in Verizones network?? (must be a lot of unproductive pain) Ilmarinen :)