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To: Kent Rattey who wrote (9825)	4/14/2001 8:34:46 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196654

Ericsson recalls GPRS shipment Source: Irish Times Publication date: 2001-04-13 Ericsson, which employs almost 2,500 people in the Republic, has withdrawn its first shipment of new-technology GPRS mobile phones due to a flawed factory installation. The flawed phones, Ericsson's recently introduced R520 model, had been sent to retailers in Sweden and one or two other European countries. The withdrawal is an embarrassment for Ericsson, which has suffered a loss of market share in mobiles recently. General packet radio services (GPRS) technology offers mobile phone users a fast Internet connection and always online capability. Publication date: 2001-04-13 © 2001, YellowBrix, Inc.

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (9825)	4/15/2001 10:43:43 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196654

I suspect the reason LG Telecom had been so adamant about W-CDMA in the past was in part the influence of the proffered BT money. Much as NTT money seems to have influenced the technology choice of one of the other Korean carriers and AT&T Wireless, LG's warming up to the idea of going after the third license with CDMA-2000 probably started as it became clear to them that BT wasn't going to be able to make the investment. That's my theory anyway, and as good an explaination for LG's change of heart as any. CDMA 2000's chances from this point forward may improve as the European carriers have to pull in their horns and end their free spending ways. That leaves only NTT with their bottomless money bag, thanks to weak-kneed limp regulators in their home market, to buy influence with carriers for W-CDMA.