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To: carranza2 who wrote (11776)	5/21/2001 5:40:48 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 34857

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To: carranza2 who wrote (11776)	5/21/2001 5:41:33 PM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Assyncronous W-CDMA said to suffer network instability when more than one phone is used. Clearly Europe has bought into a NOK total disaster. To:Craig Schilling who started this subject From: Kent Rattey Monday, May 21, 2001 5:12 PM View Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99656 This explains the huge cost of UMTS. A basestation per handset! LOL's (no wonder NOK wants into the infra biz so bad) 3gnewsroom.com BT Manx 3G project worst than revealed date: May 21, 2001 The BT Manx 3G Project were having more problems than first reported according to NEC. NEC said the reported problem was not limited to a lost connection when users moving between basestation coverage range. "The whole stability of the network is under questioned, it is not just to do with the handsets, the network just cuts you off during a voice call at 30% of the time", a spokesman from NEC said. A spokesman from BT said, "the problem is with the software in the radio network controller". The software is for keeping the baststations synchronized during handovers. The spokesman claimed the network cuts off voice-call when more than one handsets are using the same basestation simultaneously.

To: carranza2 who wrote (11776)	5/21/2001 6:44:41 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

carranza, re: Korea 1xRTT - BT GPRS - Intel Super Chip << I suspect that the only way to obtain good information is to contact Q's IR. >> I was, er, thinking of a perhaps more objective source. <g> ... and whatever you do, when you contact them make sure that you don't call IS-95C 2.5G just cause the Koreans do. <ggg> << The responses from IR are generally prompt. >> They are petty good about that. << The entire 2.5G issue in Korea is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. >> Although I did not (attempt to) follow it is closely as I am attempting to follow IS-95C, it was very hard to status the IS-95B implementation in Korea either. So far as I could determine, it took the better part of a year for it to be implemented satisfactorily, and DDI did not go in overnight either. Wirless mobile technology migration seems to remain a black art ... sort of like modem communications. Speaking of which, we are now just about at the 1 year anniversary of the first commercial "launch" of your favorite technology - GPRS. And speaking of BT: >> Media Grok: Is BT Getting the Message? Tim Nott TheStandard.com Friday May 18, 2100 You don't see many of them around these days, but today Grok spotted not one, but two positive stories about British Telecom. First comes the BBC with an apparent exclusive at Grok time: BT is to launch a "new breed" of GPRS mobile phones today. These handsets are "always on" so there's no waiting, and subscribers are charged by the volume of traffic sent and received. The handsets are expected to cost £200 (320 euros), but whether the words "launch" and "today" mean that you will be able to walk into a shop and buy one today is not made clear. The other story is that BT and Intel are teaming up to develop chips for mobile phones and handheld computers. The idea, again according to the BBC, is to combine the radio, processor, memory and voice processing into a single chip, reducing energy consumption. An unnamed BT spokesman said: "It will make it possible to give a computer presentation to be displayed on people's handheld computers which may be in different countries." So, we will soon have the technology to be bored senseless internationally as well as on the move. ZDNet adds that one of the first fruits of the liaison will be "instant messaging on steroids", with collaboration products that enable handheld computers to automatically sense each other's presence and exchange information. BT's share price rose 10.5 pence on the news, according to the Times, but this was rather eclipsed by another Intel deal with UK company TTP Communications, whose shares soared 40 per cent and are now "just 2.5p below their flotation price". The deal involves Intel licensing software for GSM and GPRS mobile standards from the British firm, with some rather confusing tie-in with an ARM chip. << - Eric -