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To: Eric L who wrote (10169)	3/29/2001 2:25:01 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: GSM in US >> GSM Primed for US Takeoff Grahame Lynch Americas Network March 2001 Amid the flurry of product and strategic announcements this week at the CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas, one may prove particularly significant for the future dymanic of the US cellular industry. Siemens' planned tri-band TDMA/GSM phone is just exactly what AT&T and Cingular Wireless need if they are to successfully migrate their customers from their TDMA networks to newer GSM networks with packet overlays. And the greater economies-of-scale inherent in GSM handsets should enable AT&T, Cingular and VoiceStream (the major North American GSM provider) to compete with the best of CDMA's cutting-edge offerings. TDMA and CDMA are running neck-and-neck in the North American cellular race with 31 million and 29 million customers respectively. GSM, which is currently locked into the non-conformist 1900 MHz band in the US, has just 9 million customers in North America (most GSM nets operate at 870-900 MHz). Globally, GSM's 441 million customers swamp TDMA's 61 million customers and CDMA's 80 million customers. Reports coming out of CTIA this week suggest that both AT&T and Cingular may move more quickly to GSM than expected - AT&T originally said it would push GSM's packet-based "GPRS" overlay in its 1900 MHz network only, but some speculate that it may also overlay the technology on its major 850 MHz band network. The key attraction of GSM isn't the air interface as such but its underlying network system which provides a rich stream of standardized features such as international roaming and short messaging. Although CDMA nets support these features they tend to be more problematic due to a lack of global specification - for example, the CDMA standard doesn't provide for a numbering plan that can support seamless, automatic global roaming. In a statement of intent as to where it sees its next market beach head, the global GSM community will descend on the United States to TDMA's heartland - Seattle - later this month for its 2001 plenary. << and: >> GSM North American Customers Top 10 Million Mark March 27, 2001 GSMNA PR GSM North America (GSMNA), the North American Regional Interest Group of the GSM Association, today announced that the number of wireless phone customers using Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications service in the United and Canada now surpasses 10 million. GSMNA, one of the Association's nine regional interest groups located around the world, represents North American positions on issues and standards facing the worldwide body of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) operators. In addition, GSMNA promotes, facilitates and supports the development and evolution of GSM in the United States and Canada. "Adding customers at a rate of six per minute, GSM service is now available in more than 6,500 cities in 48 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces," said Bob Brown, Chairman of GSM North America. "GSM is posed for even more dramatic growth as our operators continue to dramatically expand their networks, and aggressively pursue new customers through innovative pricing, services and marketing." Brown also noted that recent decisions by national wireless carriers, such as AT&T Wireless in the U.S., Rogers Wireless in Canada, and Telcel in Mexico, to use GSM service in their networks even further reinforces GSM's growing presence in North America. "As part of the GSM Global Network, the world's fastest-growing and digital wireless technology of choice in the world, we are committed to global roaming," Brown said. "Today, 99 of our top 125 international GSM partners in 48 countries can now roam to all GSM networks in North America." Brown said that with the impending launch in Chicago, GSM operators would also serve 25 of the top 25 largest North American markets. In addition, they would serve all of the top 50 cities/areas visited in North America by foreign visitors. At year-end 2000, there were more than 8.8 million GSM customers in the United States and Canada and by the end of February 2001 had grown to 10.5 million. About GSM North America: GSM North America brings service providers and equipment manufacturers in the United States and Canada together to identify and act upon opportunities and issues related to enhancing GSM's (Global System for Mobile Communications) position as the premier wireless digital technology. In North America, GSM wireless operators provide service in nearly 6,500 cities in 48 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and six Canadian provinces. About the GSM Association: The GSM Association is the world's leading wireless industry representative body, consisting of more than 520 second and third generation wireless network operators and key manufacturers and suppliers to the wireless industry. Membership of the Association spans 164 countries of the world. The GSM Association is responsible for the deployment and evolution of the GSM family of technologies (GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3GSM) for digital wireless communications. The Association's members provide digital GSM wireless services to more than 475 million customers (as of end February 2001). The GSM system accounts for approximately 70 percent of the total digital cellular wireless market. Statistics sources; EMC World Cellular Database & The GSM Association unless otherwise stated << - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (10169)	3/29/2001 5:07:53 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

For GSMBOX to connect a slow down in wireless to Nokia cutting down on a DSL group for one US DSL operator who didn't have any wires to earn some money on is pretty smart, kind of wireless smart. Ilmarinen. P.S. I feel some sympathy sitting here, happily, with a DSL connection to a very small wireless IP using a rented wire from Sonera (only some 20-25% of my money goes to copper wire, must have not been the case in US, or maybe the wires were just too lousy with unknown connections to keep customers and the DSL modem happy) P.P.S. Additionaly sympathy as I have been using "internet" banking since 85-86?, Merita Solo, already before internet really existed, and WAP banking from the very start.