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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (99223)	5/15/2001 10:46:57 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

I like that you are rooting for us.........:) eom...

To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (99223)	5/16/2001 1:30:14 PM
From: S100	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

"Snip-snap, little channel card." Sounds simple, guess you can reuse the card cages if form factor and pin out is the same. Reuse the phones by Snip-snap a new sim card? Seems like there was something else, hmmm, Oh yes, now I remember. The mod scheme is different, need new base station receivers, transmitters and antennas. Totally different antennas if you can place any trust in Manx Telecom, worldsfirst3g.com. Perhaps url not true? Check the file worldsfirst3g.com for before and after pictures, 10 and 11. Looks like more than tuning by use of a hammer, hacksaw and a SWR meter. Receivers, transmitters, antennas, phones, seems like there was more, oh yes, the software. Millions of lines of Cobol or are they using C? Perhaps my extensive experience with Leor Zolman's BDS C would help me understand the listings? If it ever works and I could find a very large room to store the listings. I guess Nokia can confirm the highlight comments below after their sync frame buffer debacle. -- News... 3G Software Bugs NEC (16/05/2001, BWCS Staff) NEC, the chief 3G handset supplier to DoCoMo and BT, has warned that software bugs may be a fact of life for 3G service suppliers for some time to come. Speaking to reporters after the recent announcement that BT would have to follow DocoMo's lead and suspend a planned 3G test service in the Isle of Man, NEC president, Koji Nishigaki, warned that software glitches would haunt 3G handsets over the next few months. According to the NEC chief it is very difficult to eliminate bugs in such a large software system. On the other hand the president saw no reason why DocoMo would not be able to push ahead with its revised launch date for 3G services of October 1st. Over the last few months it has become painfully clear that handset manufacturers the world over lack experience in working with complex software programmes and especially in removing potential glitches. In fact, Nishigaki is the first to admit that his network communications company has no experience of developing the type of large-scale software programme required for the smooth operation of the 3G services. News... Finnish 3G Without a Beginning? (16/05/2001, BWCS Staff) Finland's dominant telecoms operator, Sonera, has revealed that it may not have received any third-generation mobile handsets by the time of its planned launch of 3G services. As part of the terms of its licence, Sonera and Finland's other 3G concession holders are required to begin commercial services on 1 January 2002; Sonera says it is still working towards meeting that deadline. However, the company has announced that equipment suppliers may have no phones ready so it will be left to switch on a network that no-one can use. According to some reports, Sonera's closest rival in Finland's existing mobile market, Radiolinja, has called for the January deadline to be extended. The government has agreed to listen to operators' concerns about the lack of handsets and other problems with the rollout of 3G services. Finland joins a growing list of countries which are experiencing difficulties in getting 3G networks into service. NTT DoCoMo of Japan intended to introduce the world's first commercial next-generation service this month but a lack of handsets has forced it to postpone the launch until October. Similar problems have also led BT's subsidiary on the Isle of Man to call off its 3G launch. In Spain, meanwhile, the government has granted permission for operators to delay their 3G services until June 2002; the launch was originally scheduled for August this year.