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To: Eric L who wrote (11876)	5/24/2001 11:15:21 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: 3G Power Amps from Hitachi and TRW's Velocium 3G components slowly falling into place as 2002 approaches. UK Cellular News 24th May 2001 Hitachi and Velocium to Develop 3G Amps Hitachi and TRW's new semiconductor company, Velocium, have signed a joint development agreement to design and develop power amplifier modules for 3G wireless handsets and other wireless devices. Hitachi will manufacture the modules using Velocium's indium phosphide (InP) semiconductors. InP is an advanced compound semiconductor that offers a number of performance improvements over currently available semiconductors for power amplification in mobile handsets. Both companies will participate in the design and development of the modules, contributing existing proprietary designs and developing new designs. The first InP-based power amplifier modules should be available for handset OEM sampling early next year with volume production in the second half of 2002. - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (11876)	5/24/2001 7:40:02 PM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric-- <<38% of current US TDMA operators are anticipated to migrate to 3G via GSM and GPRS>> I'm looking forward to the Shosteck report. Next week, I believe. I saw this article, with its odd language and numbers. For the quote above, "are anticipated" by whom? or are they "anticipating"? How many operators are there, how many subscribers do they have and what percentage of the subs do the 38% represent? North American operators on average expect GPRS services to launch in the second half of 2002. What does "on average" mean? Half? Like, you know, most? an average of 29% of US TDMA operators are expected to take the TDMA and EDGE route to 3G, showing that support for the technology among North American operators is not lost. Similar difficulty getting a handle on the significance of this, without regard to the language. There's bound to be a residual population of operators hanging on to the original promise of EDGE to placate investors and to lift them out of this mess. Maybe that number is 29%. More important are the rationale of the other 71%