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To: Eric L who wrote (13120)	6/27/2001 6:19:41 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

If I remember correctly, Ollila said: "Millions of GPRS phones, and then we do not mean 0.9 millions, but more than 2 millions" Linguistically there is this finnish way of expressing the number between 1.0+epsilon up to at least 2.0-epsilon millions, very precisely. Not just one or many, clearly excluding this roundoff problem of 0.5 million and 1.5 million. Ilmarinen Roundoff and truncation, a common problem in DSP, as well as broken antennas for RF guys and girls. Avoiding getting into the cumulative statistics of QCOM, cumulativ truncation errors can be a real problem, but one can always hope they keep them within the marketing department, out of the DSPs and project time schedules.

To: Eric L who wrote (13120)	6/27/2001 6:25:14 PM
From: A.L. Reagan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Thank you Eric for your continued gleanings of progress and pitfalls from the worlds of GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS. Amongst the partisan banter that so often rules these threads, there are multi-company wireless investors here who appreciate information from all camps, colored with a balanced perspective. I am glad you are paying attention to EDGE. This is a technology that from many outward appearances is doomed to history's trash heap (not so great technology, limited operator support), and indeed I've made investment decisions based on that assumption. However, if EDGE does get deployed by larger N.A. and S.A. TDMA operators, as you've intimated is greater than a remote possibility, the implications for our San Diego outfit are not good, and we won't see CDMA in any form for a long time w/r/t a large part of the hemisphere's subscribers. But as your post back aways pointed out, there are many obtacles to EDGE, not the least of which is that the battered handset vendors are making tough decisions as to which product areas deserve resource investment. I'd include NOK, which has the greatest resources of all, in that camp.