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To: Puck who wrote (12209)	6/5/2001 1:21:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

You tell us..........

To: Puck who wrote (12209)	6/5/2001 1:31:09 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 34857

Do you know in what stage of build-out Verizon's 1xrtt network is and how solid their commitment is? I would say that it is pretty solid....they have a contract with LU for the build-out. I believe that their aim is to begin service in limited areas by the fourth quarter of this year. The build-out should be finished by the end of '02/early '03. Another sign was a comittment to buy 1x handsets from LG Telecom. Also, in the presensentations (located on VZ's website) they show W-CDMA as a possible alternative AFTER 1x has been deployed. I dont think that VZ has much choice but to go ahead with 1x....PCS would destroy them if they delayed their launch. If W-CDMA continues to be delayed it is also hard for me to see them waiting while PCS rolled out HDR and 1xEV-DV. If W-CDMA rolls out on-time (or close), then I think that VZ could be thrown up for grabs. All of the above assumes some sort of rational decision making on the part of VZ. Waiting until '04/'05 for W-CDMA while PCS deploys more advanced technologies would be insane.... Slacker

To: Puck who wrote (12209)	6/6/2001 1:17:02 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 34857

Verizon rolls out US network By Roam staff 01 June 2001 North American wireless operator Verizon Wireless has announced a $5 billion deal with Lucent for the supply cdma2000 1X equipment for its coast-to-coast US network. Verizon says it can introduce high-speed mobile internet services without substantial additional investment in new base stations using cdma2000 1. Verizon says this upgrade will potentially double the existing network's voice capacity and increase data-transmission speeds by nearly 10 times. "This technology will be throughout Verizon Wireless's footprint," says CTO Richard Lynch, announcing the deal at CTIA 2001 in Las Vegas. "We are definitely talking about substantial rollout this year. Because of the logical evolution of this technology from existing IS95 CDMA, we don't have to change the infrastructure. If we were to go to other less-compatible technologies, even wideband CDMA, we would have to go in with a forklift because there is no compatibility. What we have really achieved with CDMA 2000 is a nice backward and forward compatibility of the technology," Lynch says. Jim Brewington, president, wireless networks group Lucent Technologies, adds: "As the largest US provider of wireless services, Verizon Wireless has put a stake in the ground and taken a major step forward in the advance of third-generation mobile communications. Providing high-speed wireless access to the internet is what it's all about. This will be one of the first commercial 3G networks available on the planet." Verizon foresees a larger market for browsing on a PC card rather than via a handset, says Lynch, who believes that cdma2000 IX will meet the majority of users' needs. "For the average user, 144kbps works very well. For customers who want to change their handset, there's compatibility on the RF side and a logical migration. But if I'm doing e-mail or typical text-based information services, the 1X will work and support it well into the future - there's really no dead end to this technology." Verizon Wireless will deploy cdma2000 1XEV-DO, a technology that is compatible with existing and new base stations, and which enables data-only services to customers requiring even higher internet access speeds for needs such as transmitting graphic-intensive files or streaming video downloads. "At this point in time I have a path that gets me to the same level of performance for the customer that the GSM providers have," says Lynch.