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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (16300)	11/1/2001 11:08:12 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 34857

It will be interesting to see how Samsung does in the GSM market, they certainly make the best CDMA phones. A large part of Samsung's handset sales are already GSM. It is entirely possible that Samsung will be a majority GSM handset manufacturer in the future (I dont believe that this has happened yet). Their marketshare is still fairly small but since their margins in the overall handset division are above 16%, I have to believe that they are the only other manufacturer besides Nokia to be making a profit in GSM. Slacker

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (16300)	11/2/2001 8:37:17 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Happy Birthday cdma2000 >> CDMA2000 is One Year Old Cellular News November 2, 2001 The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has celebrated the first anniversary of commercial deployment of CDMA2000, after South Korea's SK Telecom and LG Telecom launched their CDMA2000 networks last October. Fifteen additional operators worldwide will deploy CDMA2000 services in the next six months. Today, there are more than 1.5 million CDMA2000 subscribers in South Korea and analysts forecast that 70% of Korea's subscribers could be using CDMA2000 within two years. "CDMA2000 was the first to market with 3G services. It leads in the market today and will continue to dominate in coming years as more operators launch their networks around the world and more products and services become available." - Eric -

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (16300)	11/2/2001 10:48:36 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: Brazil - BCP (BLS) technology flip from IS-136 to GSM GPRS or 1xRTT [borrowed your elsewhere link - Thanks] This one becomes a must win for CDMA, IMO. TIM will convert it's 800 MHz Brazil properties (4 million TDMA subs) from IS-136 to GSM GPRS next year, as well as build out in 1800 MHz on the road to building a GSM Pan American empire. No signs of a clear Bell South strategy for Latin America have really emerged. So far it seems to be country by country decision making. One would think that they would at least act on a regional basis if not a global basis. It is hard to say whether the Cingular decision will have an influence at this juncture, but the availability of dual-banded GAIT GSM-TDMA handsets could be a decision factor. Offsetting that is the fact that Bell South already operates a number of CDMA properties in Latin America. Too close for me to call. >> BCP to Make Final Decision Regarding 2.5 Migration 1Q02 Brazil Nov 02, 2001 BNamericas.com bnamericas.com Brazilian mobile operator BCP will decide during 1Q02 the 2.5 technology platform to adopt, after it completes its second and last trial during January 2002, BCP marketing vice president Silvia Cezar told BNamericas.com. BCP will test CDMA 1XRTT technology, to be carried out by suppliers Nortel, Lucent, Qualcomm, Ericsson and Motorola. In July this year the company tested GPRS technology supplied by Ericsson. BCP currently operates a TDMA network, which has no migration path to 2.5G, and therefore must migrate to GSM or CDMA to maintain a competitive advantage in mobile data services. The final decision will be made according to "which packet will offer the best solutions for our clients." When asked if BCP was late in deciding on a network migration path, Cezar said, "I don't think it's too late to decide. Some of our competitors are perhaps earlier but we are not the last." The demand for 2.5G technology will not ripen until 2005 according to studies by both BCP and independent analysts, she said. BCP has a portfolio of 2.8 million clients and operates in the greater Sao Paulo metropolitan area and six states in Brazil's northeast: Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara and Piaui. << - Eric -