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To: slacker711 who wrote (17398)	12/17/2001 10:52:37 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196402

For some reason he fails to mention the $10 Billion that AWE received to make the decision.... wirelessweek.com Letter By Staff December 17, 2001 Wireless Week To The Editor: Elliott Drucker's recent article, "TDMA's Curious Road To 3G," is, in itself, curious. AT&T Wireless' technology path to 3G is financially beneficial for our company and our customers–especially as the world migrates to wireless. More than 600 million people in some 170 countries use GSM, so the sheer economy of scale delivers substantial benefits–from technological innovations to selection and pricing for infrastructure and devices. Igniting the embers of past "wireless technology wars" serves no purpose. At the end of the day, it's not the technology that will grow the wireless market, but the services and products available to customers. We believe AT&T Wireless will play a large part in leading that growth. Here are four key points: First, AT&T Wireless already offers GSM/GPRS/EDGE using existing 1900 MHz licenses, with no need to free up spectrum. We have enough spectrum with our affiliates and partners to build a national GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, and we can deploy UMTS in more than 70 of the top 100 U.S. markets. Second, AT&T Wireless will more than double voice capacity over time simply by installing adaptive multirate codec software, thereby providing increased utilization of spectrum. Phones and networks with AMR will be available next year. Third, why wait for CDMA? Actions speak louder than words, and in this case, AT&T Wireless and other GSM carriers are already delivering next-generation services to customers. Finally, with a 5:1 ratio of GSM to CDMA subscribers worldwide, CDMA is not the obvious technology choice in the wireless world–unless that world is restricted to the United States and South Korea. The only thing that's really curious is why Mr. Drucker thinks CDMA is the right road for our industry and our customers. Rod Nelson, Chief Technology Officer, AT&T Wireless, Redmond, Wash.