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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (4559)	3/4/2001 10:37:46 PM
From: S100	Respond to of 5390

Still missing. OT to ERICY but interesting WCDMA stuff -- DoCoMo Now is the moment of truth. Having established itself as the world’s most successful cellular operator, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is set to place its reputation on the line with the impending launch of the world’s first major third generation IMT-2000 cellular network. DoCoMo plans to launch its W-CDMA network in Tokyo and Yokohoma in May. As the following interview with Senior DoCoMo Executive Kyoji Murakami reveals, the network is promising 384 kbps speeds from day one. There is one date on the mind of Kyoji Murakami and his colleagues at the offices of Japan’s foremost mobile operator — May 2001. Murakami, senior manager for DoCoMo network division’s IMT-2000 network office, is now part of the team driving a company-wide effort to roll out the world’s first 3G wireless service in less than 100 days time. He talks to 3G:america’s Tony Chan about the challenges of working with five suppliers to build a ground-breaking mobile multimedia network. 3G: america: What are some of the challenges for NTT DoCoMo in rolling out the IMT-2000 network? Kyoji Murakami: It depends. For operators like BT, they have one vendor for all the base stations. NTT DoCoMo has five suppliers for base stations. There are different aspects to this strategy, but one big issue is the continual operation and maintenance of the network. We have to make sure that our operators can easily and efficiently control equipment from all five vendors. From the initial development stage, we asked the vendors to work together to make sure that all aspects of the products, such as the switches, contents, displays and so on, can work together and are similar. Having said that, we didn’t get 100% of what we wanted, so we still need to have a good training program for our staff. snip Snip Does NTT DoCoMo have an IPR in IMT-2000? There are a few IPR by DoCoMo in IMT-2000. For basic areas, we are disclosing them so they can be used by everybody. For some areas, we are keeping them close so we own the IPR on them. Will you be paying Qualcomm for their IPR? From what I understand, there is no decision made. There is talk, but nothing is decided. snip americasnetwork.com