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To: Ruffian who wrote (12916)6/21/2001 12:36:47 PM
From: Eric L  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 34857
 
re: Grahame Lynch on GSM & CDMA

Grahame has long been a proponent of the cdma air-interface, and its spectral efficiency, but notoriously bearish on the cdma standards.

>> How GSM beat CDMA

By Grahame Lynch

Statistically, the biggest telecom phenomenon of recent years wasn’t the Internet - it was the GSM phone. And while GSM may be co-opting the CDMA radio interface for its next generation, this doesn’t mean victory for the CDMA forces, argues Grahame Lynch. This article is excerpted and adapted from his new book, "Bandwidth Bubble Bust," available from online book stores this month

Ask someone to name the biggest revolution in telecommunications over the past decade or so and many would reply "The Internet." But on sheer numbers, they are wrong. The biggest revolution has been the cellular phone.

In the United States alone, about 67 million people use the Internet once a week or more. By contrast, 114 million use mobile phones.

Full (long) article here on America's Network:

americasnetwork.com

- Eric -



To: Ruffian who wrote (12916)6/21/2001 7:40:09 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 34857
 
In this situation it would be foolish not to try to be number one," he said.

Good statement in that situation, little to lose, everything to win in terms of handsets.

"the joint approach to handsets could propel"

Wasn't it ericsson himself who re-invented, at least
patented the propeller??

Ilmarinen