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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (109118)	11/30/2001 7:35:32 AM
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Speculation that QCOM will invest in Nextel as aid to moveing Nextel to CDMA2000 1X Cellular carriers: no single standard in sight By Don Carros November 28,2001 <clip> Having learned their lessons from previous-generation cellular deployments, U.S.-based carriers are converging on two key technology standards: GPRS/EDGE and CDMA 1xRTT. North America will still not have a single standard for cellular service. The migration of AT&T Wireless, Cingular, and VoiceStream to GPRS/EDGE technologies is a significant development in both domestic and international standardization. However, next-generation cellular (2.5G) rollouts will not be complete until 2003/04 on a per-network basis, and enterprise users must ensure adequate coverage before adopting the new services. Furthermore, reliable digital roaming services between these networks will not be achieved until 2004/05. For users looking for mobile data, the bad news is that carriers are charging by the megabyte in early implementations of their 2.5G networks, a trend that META Group expects to continue until 2004/05. META also expects many carriers to switch to packet voice (from current circuit-switched voice) and offer enhanced services, including simultaneous voice and data, name/number dialing, and so on (2006+). Although GPRS/EDGE has the greatest momentum, several key carriers will hold out and rapidly deploy CDMA 1xRTT services, moving ahead of the GPRS/EDGE networks by a full year. Sprint, Verizon, and Nextel (driven by a major investment from Qualcomm) are the top networks migrating to CDMA 1xRTT for their next-generation services. Nextel's iDEN service (a combination radio dispatch/full duplex system popular with municipalities and services companies) will migrate to the CDMA network from its current TDMA implementation. These migrations will be completed by 2002 (a full year earlier than AT&T Wireless, Cingular, and VoiceStream), with digital roaming available during 2003/04 and enhanced services in 2006+. <clip> techupdate.zdnet.com