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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1937)	2/4/2001 12:02:56 PM
From: Dexter Lives On	Respond to of 46821

The bluetooth touch to the story seems like somewhat of a superficial frill, since Frank, the type of air interface envisioned by AT&T was not necessarily Bluetooth (that may be Ericsson's slant), but rather whatever would provide a good connection for whatever the particular environ. For a small office, this might be a wireless LAN, for a home it might be Bluetooth or a different mode of W-CDMA. I think what is wanted is devices with two or more air interfaces that could make use of the best of whatever service the user could tap into. So if the airport terminal has the same interface as the user's home base station, the user could make use of that connection (assuming handover and sharing arrangements among different SP's could be worked out), using GSM or GPRS between home and the airport, unless of course the cab had a wireless LAN available. That's the limit of my understanding without risking some misinterpretations on my part. The 3GPP links below would give someone with a stronger technical background a better understanding of what the companies are driving at, what scenarios they are targeting, how backward compatibility and innovation are being balanced,... 3gpp.org 3gpp.org 3gpp.org Rob