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To: Eric L who wrote (10275)	4/2/2001 5:41:57 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Gartner Group on GPRS >> UMTS Will Eclipse GPRS Before Its Peak Joris Evers IDG News Service\Amsterdam Bureau March 30, 2001 The GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) mobile phone networks being launched across Europe will never be used to full capacity, as handset makers are sluggish with mobile phone development, according to market research firm Gartner Group Inc. "Handsets capable of utilizing full GPRS capacity would be coming out in 2003, but by that time mobile operators will be screaming for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)," said Peter Richardson, chief analyst at Gartner's Dataquest division, in a presentation here at the Gartner Europe Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2001. The first GPRS handsets -- expected to come to market in the second half of this year -- will only offer transfer speeds a "little over what GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) offers now," said Richardson. The handset manufacturers, according to Richardson, are struggling to develop the cellphones the market is asking for. "GPRS and UMTS clashed. While the GPRS specification was being designed, UMTS came in from a different angle. Ideally you would have had five years of GPRS and then introduce UMTS for extra services. From a handset vendor's point of view the current situation is impossible to build on," Richardson said. Initial GPRS handsets will carry data at rates from 14.4K-bps (bits per second) to about 43.2K-bps. Early next year Gartner expects devices to become available that will offer speeds up to about 64K-bps, equivalent to a fixed-line ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) channel. GPRS, an extension of the GSM system which adds support for packet data traffic, can theoretically handle connections at speeds up to 115.2K-bps, depending on the design of the handset and the amount of network capacity dedicated to the service. << - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (10275)	4/2/2001 6:01:45 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric L:<<Two great 3G contracts from the guys that are trying to retard the implementation of W-CDMA ... or so the story goes.>> Actually I assume that Nokia means what it says when it says it plans to be ready for UMTS next year - with the UMTS infrastructure in place and the handsets coming off the line like cookies from a cookie cutter. And this may be a benefit of the emerging competition from CDMA 2000. A roll out of UMTS sooner than would otherwise happen, and a shorter time span for GPRS alone. But that is why the refusal to obtain a license from Qualcomm for infrastructure on any flavor of CDMA and the refusal to obtain one for UMTS (W-CDMA) handsets is puzzling. Seems counterproductive, BWDIK. <<Answers (or comments) to your 4 questions have been provided by Nokia management at a link I previously provided you.>> Chuckle. Guess I just either missed those "answers" or found them not terribly clear and persuasive. But then, what happens re: China will become clear over time and that is enough. Best. Chaz