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To: golfinvestor who wrote (103140)	8/22/2001 12:20:49 PM
From: cfoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Successful Hand-Off Capability for Seamless Packet Data Call Transfer Across 3G Packet Networks Could someone please explain what the significance of this is in simple, non-technical terms? TIA

To: golfinvestor who wrote (103140)	8/23/2001 11:34:19 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Respond to of 152472

Qualcomm, Nortel Make First Mobile IP Call la.internet.com It's not as earth shattering as the first phone conversation between Alexander Graham Bell and his friend Thomas Watson, but San Diego-based QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT) say they've broken significant ground. The two companies Wednesday say they've made the industry's first successful end-to-end live third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1X Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) call. Instead of words though, the call was strictly data based. The call demonstrates the expanded data capabilities of 3G wireless networks, and the ability for wireless data users to roam uninterrupted across 3G wireless packet networks. Mobile IP is a solution that allows data to be transferred across 3G packet networks. The call was performed in Nortel's Wireless Internet Interoperability Lab in Richardson, Texas, using the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) MSM5105 platform and Nortel Networks' 3G infrastructure equipment, including the Nortel Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Node and Metro Cell CDMA2000 1X radio access products. "This is an important step in delivering powerful new mobile applications and services that can drive new revenue opportunities for wireless operators," says Nortel senior vice president, Wireless Internet Solutions Peter MacKinnon. "This milestone demonstrates our continued momentum and leadership in CDMA, and in making the wireless Internet available anytime, anywhere." The demo also highlights a transmission between "home" and "foreign" networking agents as outlined by the IS-835 standard. MacKinnon says consumers will also benefit since they will not need to maintain costly air links to keep their network connection. The network activates the air link only when it needs to move data. The MSM5105 chipset is now in production shipping, and the MSM5100 chipset samples are currently being shipped. The software to support Mobile IP will be available in the third quarter of calendar 2001. August 22, 2001 [ BTW, despite the headline, IMHO, this was not the first Mobile IP call, just the first over an 1X network, and maybe not even that since this 3com press release of 10/10/2000 3com.com says they were fully TIA/EIA/IS-835 standard-compliant, BWDIK? Mobile IP has been under development for more than six years and I think the WLAN folks got there first. - DPR ]