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To: Eric L who wrote (16303)	11/2/2001 8:28:50 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Conexant Four-Band GSM Power Amplifier GSM850/900 and GSM1800/1900 PA block >> World's First Four-Band GSM Power Amplifier Module Launched Cellular News November 2, 2001 Conexant Systems has announced the world's first quad-band GSM power amplifier module (PAM). In addition to all four GSM frequency bands, the CX77314 PAM also supports GPRS multi-slot operation. Packaged in a low-profile, compact 8mm x 10mm module, the CX77314 provides handset manufacturers with a single-component solution for GSM phones, regardless of geographic region or frequency band. "It is very clear that the world is not moving toward a single band anytime soon," said Iain Gillott, principal and founder of iGillottResearch, a market strategy consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile industry. "In fact, as additional spectrum is licensed around the world, the need for multi-band devices will increase. The wireless world is getting more complex and so devices will follow this trend." The CX77314 consists of a GSM850/900 and GSM1800/1900 PA block, and 50-ohm fully matched input/output ports to reduce the number of external components required for a quad-band design. The CX77314 GSM power amplifier module is sampling now, with volume production slated for December 2001. << - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (16303)	11/2/2001 4:02:44 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 34857

One gets the impression Cingular is not real enamored with San Diego. Just finished listening to the webcast....I think your comment might understate their feelings towards San Diego <g>. They were rather defensive throughout the call....it was almost embarrassing. I think I now understand why they arent switching to W-CDMA....it has nothing to do with EDGE and its various benefits. They simply dont have enough spectrum. This decision, like Nextel's, was made out of weakness and not strength. If Cingular had the spectrum, I highly doubt that they would have been bashing CDMA throughout the call. I really would have enjoyed Q's press release the next day congratuling Cingular on their selection of CDMA <g>. Cingular's management would probably have had a collective stroke. That is NOW (well not actually since that would require 80% 1xRTT handsets in use and no AMPS) ... not in Cingular's implementation time frame when AMR, frequency hopping, and antenna hopping are in play. I think across the board (TDMA and AMPS) Cingular is looking at 4 to 5 times increased efficiency with GSM/EDGE fully implemented. Bill Clift covers some of this in the CC. Cingular mentioned these capacity enhancements a couple of times. My original hypothetical comparision between AWE and PCS involved equalizing all of these various capacity enhancements. There is nothing proprietary about a vocoder or antenna hopping. These are going to provide equal capacity enhancements to both 1x and GSM. There was a comment made by Cingular's management in which they stated that EDGE had an equivalent capacity to 1xrtt. Usually, I just write these comments off, since I have no way of actually comparing the technologies (for the record, I dont believe Q's comparisions between 1x/HDR and W-CDMA either). However, I find this statement hard to believe. If EDGE could provide the amount of capacity that Cingular would have you believe, there would have been no reason for the development of W-CDMA. I find it hard to believe that the "GSM cabal" delibarately decided to set themselves on a path in which they had to pay Qualcomm royalties if they werent seeing any benefit from the transition. I think Docomo would be much happier if they could have an EDGE network up and running right now. They would be busy exporting i-mode around the world rather than trying to figure out how to do a soft handoff without a GPS signal. Slacker