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To: Keith Feral who wrote (94548)	2/24/2001 3:30:14 PM
From: dan_oz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Hi Keith, I appreciate your well thought out posts over the last several days, and I was hoping you could discuss your best guess on GPRS rollouts/timetables. I have heard many different projections, ranging from GPRS handsets will be mass produced by November, to they will never be deployed due to power usage concerns/low data rates etc. It seems to me that the degree of GPRS development is key to understanding the opportunity presented to QCOM and 1xEV. Thanks in advance for your response. Regards, Dan

To: Keith Feral who wrote (94548)	2/24/2001 4:41:24 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Keith: <Since the UMTS spectrum has already been bought and paid for in Europe, operators must NOW decide what they want to for data solutions.> Why would they spend billions of dollars to implement (data only) solutions (which have an unknown market). Seems like it would be more "Cost effective" to just deploy ole'. "Plain Jane" GSM 2100.. That way, the still have an easy migration path to WCDMA someday! But, they at least have a product in "voice" that they know they can sell today?" The installation of GSM 2100 is by far the "cheapest alternative" for those operators that have already purchased UMTS licenses".. and these days. Cheaper... is Better!!! It's only a matter of time before GSM2100 is announced, and contracts garnered! IMO. PCSTEL

To: Keith Feral who wrote (94548)	2/24/2001 7:52:21 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Keith, <What are you talking about? The discussion of vaporware is pure nonsense.> Please tell that to the carriers that bought that expensive spectrum to utilize the WCDMA system with throughput in excess of 350Kbps they were promised in "01". You know, the ones that can't afford to wait until "04" to start making money. The ones that financially can't sit around with their thumbs you know where waiting for the technology to be invented. Technology such as improved ARM processors and battery life. The ones with stock at 52 week lows and bankers up the wazoo. The reason their not jumping for joy at 3GSM is because that roll-out in May is a trial network at 64Kbps...far from the "PROMISED land". They still don't have working handsets yet, BTW. Vod is hedging their bets, trust me on that. The Newberry trial was no accident. 1XEV in Korea are trials right now, but it looks good, and deployment is planned for the fall. If some of these carriers do overlay 1XEVDO, why bother with UMTS, particularly if 1XEVDV becomes available? Why scale from 2.4 Mbps to 350Kbps in two to three years? Kent