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To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/16/2001 4:13:31 PM
From: foundation	Respond to of 197208

No to European 3G network sharing March 16, 2001 OXFORD, United Kingdom—Attempts by mobile operators that acquired third-generation (3G) licenses to share networks have received a firm “no” from at least one European country regulator. While Germany’s RegTP has stated that license documents clearly indicate each winner must build its own network, regulators in Sweden seem to be turning a blind eye to discussions between Europolitan and HI3G to work out the details of their joint 3G infrastructure. Meanwhile, the European Community (EC) is threatening member states with legal action if they fail to ensure that 3G services are ready for launch by the beginning of 2002. The statement implies that some EC countries are not doing enough to give potential 3G operators the opportunity to make the necessary investments to launch commercial services. The EC is thought to have warned Belgium, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Denmark and Greece, which have not yet issued licenses. While some of Europe’s larger operators have recently made bold commitments that their 3G deployments are on schedule, many analysts are becoming increasingly skeptical about the realistic possibility of wide-scale 3G launches by early 2002. The German and U.K. governments appear to have given their operators an escape route by not stipulating a 2002 start date for the commercial launch of 3G services. rcrnews.com

To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/16/2001 4:14:12 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197208

Is a lot of this due to kick backs which americans cannot take part in?

To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/16/2001 4:37:51 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 197208

Ben: This would be sad, except that it reflects what in the past I have described as "free lunches +++", not to put to fine a point on it - bribes which is too common a practice from the "European" suppliers. Of course, bribes do have impact. But in this case, there is a fun kind of question. Will Russian remain a backwater regardless of technology? Probably, yes. Too bad. But "Europe" should be proud - not ! And of course, there will never be the slightest bit of trace of "bribes", not legally provable at least. Best. Chaz

To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/16/2001 4:47:20 PM
From: golfinvestor	Respond to of 197208

<Minister confirms IS-95 standard doomed in Russia> Another bad post "cold war" decision made by the Russian G- men. The real losers are the Russian people. They will not be able to enjoy the best telecom technology available, because of their corrupted government. A sad day indeed!

To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/16/2001 5:47:27 PM
From: foundation	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197208

"..Minister confirms IS-95 standard doomed in Russia.." ---------- I'd point out that Sovintel, the carrier, and Lucent Technologies do not appear deterred. Also interesting that Sovintel and Lucent's service is broadband fixed-wireless for Moscow and St. Petersburg, operating in the 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz band.

To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/16/2001 10:13:29 PM
From: Theophile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197208

MOSCOW—Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, who is known to back European-developed technologies, confirmed that the U.S.-developed IS-95 standard is doomed in Russia....snip.. This is the sort of nonsense QCOM is up against in almost every GSM country, and I remain astonished at the success of Q* in China. The Russian Minister sounds like a throwback....reminds me of Nikita banging his shoe on the podium at the U.N... Troglodytes are apparently not yet extinct. The Chinese MII had more class than to bang his shoe. The chief at China Telecom did not have more class, he publicly stated China Telecom would have nothing to do with CDMA, only wCDMA, similar to AWE comments. Transparent politics. Watching the American Technology get in to displace the Closed Market Technology is a very real accomplishment, a market-liberating accomplishment. This is no small changing of the guard, this event is very intrinsic to the underlying structure of commerce with these countries. A telecommunications system is at the heart of a country's economy and one can look at history to see this. Martin Thomas

To: foundation who wrote (8677)	3/17/2001 3:46:15 AM
From: JGoren	Respond to of 197208

This Russian BS may well be the result of corruption and bribes, which will leave Russia in a backwater with a high-cost telecommunication system that only robs its citizens of precious capital direly needed for investment and increased consumption to build its economy. What is so sad is that if they carry through, they will quickly find that their former satellites, who are adopting cdma, have the most efficient telecommunications systems and, as a result, faster-growing economies that are not being dragged down by expensive telecommunications.