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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (17400)	12/17/2001 12:38:55 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 196425

Good Ole VOD behind the scenes..........pricks........

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (17400)	12/17/2001 1:06:12 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196425

The solution is so simple for VZ: STOP WAITING FOR NOKIA 1X HANDSETS AND ORDER SOME FROM THE KOREANS. The first 1x handset for Verizon was supposed to be supplied by LG Telecom (I believe the TM-520). Here is a quote from an engineer from Samsung.... One manufacturer says the handset testing and evaluation procedures in the United States pose a serious barrier to CDMA's success in the marketplace and they are creating an almost unworkable hassle for 1X device manufacturers. 'This is a very important topic that's got to be raised,' says Muzibul Khan, senior director of product management and engineering in Samsung's wireless terminals division. Verizon's situation may involve a number of unique factors, but U.S. operators and manufacturers face several challenges that other countries and other technologies may not, Khan says. GSM, for example, has a relatively simple approval process, in which manufacturers send handsets to an independent testing body for evaluation. The testing body then gives devices 'type approval.' The GSM specifications are more detailed than CDMA's, which helps reduce variations between systems. I find it hard to take the article at anything but face value. The handsets are available but they are having trouble getting them through testing. Nokia has nothing to do with it.... Slacker

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (17400)	12/17/2001 5:54:18 PM
From: Asterisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196425

Ramsey: That answer is not as simple as it sounds. Verizon operates at 800MHz the koreans operate at 1800MHz, different from even Sprint. It is not a nominal task to develop handsets in one frequency range and then just translate them over to another. Even though most manufacturers are making dual band phones only now (phones that operate in both 800 and 1900) that does not mean that all manufacturers are. The other thing is that you have to read the part where the manufacturers are complaining about approval. That is really and truly the case. I experienced delays of up to 6 months in approval for phones going through the system. This delay is not because of the FCC, they are relatively fast, it is because the phone needs to go through interoperability testing(CDG teating) from each of the infrastructure manufacturers and each has a long backlog right now.