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To: golfinvestor who wrote (96379)	3/29/2001 3:25:00 PM
From: golfinvestor	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 152472

This may have already been posted, but I don't recall seeing it! (Global Mobile Daily, 03/27/01) Nokia May Recall Devices with New 1xRTT Problem Nokia today entered the South Korean CDMA handset market for the first time with two devices, despite news last week that it had discovered a software glitch that prevents legacy Nokia handsets from working with networks that implement 1xRTT technology. The new handsets, the 8887 and the 8877, will be available nationwide in Korea in 2Q01, but the handset issue is splitting members of the CDMA Development Group as they try to decide what action to take. For the full story see GMDaily sister title, Global Mobile, of March 28 2001 (vol. 8 no. 6). It appears that the addition of 1xRTT technology to a cdmaOne network willcause handsets using Nokia's chipsets to stop operating on the digital channel. Sources said the flaw stems from Nokia's interpretation of the IS-95A standard, whereby Nokia chipset software directs handsets to use the synchronization channel differently than do other vendor's handsets. "There's a variety of ways you can interpret standards," said Larry Paulson, VP, cellular mobile telephones business-unit-CDMA, at Nokia Mobile Phones. "This is very common. In happens in all protocols." Among options discussed are a recall of all Nokia cdmaOne handsets, implementation of software patches for 1x infrastructure or changes to the 1x spec to accommodate the legacy terminals. Nokia's cdmaOne handset production in 2000 was estimated at 4.9 million units and the company is not eager to retrieve those handsets. Another option is to do nothing, said Perry LaForge, CDG Chairman and executive director, noting that many of the handsets will naturally churn out in the next 18 months. The CDG is concerned that this handset issue could be misinterpreted as something that might detour or delay the cdma2000 migration path. Paulson and LaForge maintain that it is a vendor-specific issue and will not delay or otherwise damage 1xRTT roll outs.

To: golfinvestor who wrote (96379)	3/29/2001 3:25:37 PM
From: FNS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

golf: QCOM holding fairly well in down market....KDDI and Unicom news helped, perhaps. Should the NASD rally at close then Q may follow. From TA perspective, seeing 52 this morn looked glum. fns

To: golfinvestor who wrote (96379)	3/29/2001 3:32:39 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

<Verizon last week announced that it would deploy cdma2000 technologies 1xRTT this year and 1xEV-DO (data only) technology no less than 12 months later. "Chris Gent has never questioned my technology," said Lynch.> Well Stated..........