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To: jackmore who wrote (17415)	12/17/2001 11:32:54 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196493

Jack, << new Nokia 5185i ... On the box the phone came in was the following designation: 5185iVA 556sd1a5 1xRTT. Also the words: Phone made in S. Korea. Most interesting. I was at a large Verizon outlet today (not so far from you) and checked labels on both the 5185i (one Mexico, one Korea) and the 3285 (Korea). << since NOK has no 1xRTT chip >> We do not know that. Nokia has been pretty quiet about this of late. There are some (many) indicators that NOK has their own 1xRTT chip already in qualification with several carriers in the Americas and there are some rumors (unsubstantiated) about them using a Samsung 1xRTT chip near term in Korea. << VZ is currently busy seeding their network with 1xRTT phones (in this area, at least >> That may not be seeding. Part of Verizon's qualification process is, and always has been, after in house integration testing is well along on test switches, to release a limited quantity of handsets to stores in the advanced stages of qualification. This generally is done in the NJ, PA, NY area for starters. << In light of (1), what should we make of the long standing NOK claim that they don't use Q chips? >> There is no claim to same. Nokia uses Qualcomm IS-95B chips for all Nokia models currently released in Korea and are using some for delivery to Argentina. They have stated that on several occasions. - Eric -

To: jackmore who wrote (17415)	12/18/2001 7:16:30 PM
From: A.J. Mullen	Respond to of 196493

Thanks for the info regarding the Nokia 1XRTT phone. The aspect that interests me is that Verizon is providing the phone as a free upgrade. Is your son a heavy user? It might pay VZ to do this so as to enhance the capacity of its system. I hope this is the reason, rather than beta-testing, and I hope all service providers will decide this is the economical way of gaining capacity.