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To: Eric L who wrote (1926)	1/15/2002 9:35:12 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9255

re: GSM-CDMA Inter-Standard International Roaming (Korea) Evidently not dual-mode GSM-CDMA phones but CDMA phones accepting GSM SIM KTF has developed intelligent handsets that accept the visiting GSM SIM card, so all personal information is still available to the roaming client, who also retains his GSM number. >> International Roaming Goes Global As First GSM-CDMA Agreement Kicks Off In Korea 15th January 2002 London, UK GSMA Press Release World Cup visitors can use GSM service on CDMA handsets The GSM Association, the world's leading wireless industry organisation, has announced the first successful GSM-CDMA inter-standard international roaming. The wireless technology breakthrough was achieved with an unprecedented cooperation between the GSM Association's Global Roaming Forum (GGRF), Korean CDMA operator Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF) and Bouygues Telecom, which operates the French GSM 1800 network. The GGRF is driving inter-standard roaming, and the commercial launch enables KTF to provide roaming services to visiting GSM subscribers from networks with a roaming agreement in place with KTF. The first of these is Bouygues Telecom. The partnership is pertinent and timely as the French operator's home country will be defending the FIFA World Cup in this year's football tournament, hosted in Korea and Japan in the coming months. KTF has developed intelligent handsets that accept the visiting GSM SIM card, so all personal information is still available to the roaming client, who also retains his GSM number. With the World Cup kicking off in June, KTF anticipates a potential 100,000 GSM roaming clients during the year. Gyusang Jang, vice president of global business for KTF, said: "We would like to extend special thanks to the GGRF for its support and activities in the achievement of international inter-standard roaming. We will continue to actively contribute to the GGRF so that inter-standard roaming can be more broadly spread." Jean-Philippe Aumercier, International Affairs and Roaming Director of Bouygues Telecom, said: "We are delighted to be part of this achievement, and will be working closely with KTF to maximise the potential of this development, and to develop personalised customer care services. We would like to express our thanks to the GGRF and the GSM Association for its dedicated technical support and commercial research, and we look forward to further innovations in 2002." "It is gratifying for the GSM Association that the Global Roaming Forum was the catalyst for this wireless industry first," said Rob Conway, CEO the GSM Association. "We welcome this positive development - it's good news for our members, their consumers and for the industry at large." About the GSM Global Roaming Forum The GSM Global Roaming Forum provides a collaborative and non-competitive opportunity for the discussion and development of technical requirements and commercial standards for roaming between GSM and other wireless technologies. In addition to its GSM-CDMA work, the GGRF has also fostered the development of GSM-TDMA and GSM-iDEN interoperability. GSM-iDEN has been in commercial operation since 2000 and several operators are expected to launch GSM-TDMA roaming in the first quarter of 2002. About the GSM Association The GSM Association is the world's leading wireless industry representative body, consisting of more than 574 second and third generation wireless network operators and key manufacturers and suppliers to the wireless industry. Membership of the Association spans 172 countries of the world. The GSM Association is responsible for the development and evolution of the GSM Family of wireless communications (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and 3GSM) for digital wireless communications. The Association's members provide digital GSM wireless services to more than 625 million customers (end November 2001). The GSM Platform accounts for approximately 70 percent of the total digital cellular wireless market. << - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (1926)	1/15/2002 5:58:10 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 9255

Digital TV with, maybe, TXN (TI for the oldies) projection mirror stuff might, will be interesting?? Ilmarinen Taking the step from heavy duty mobile audio stimulation to visual stimulation, from a truck loaded with blasting 12 inch loudspeakers, lifted high in the air, draining the car batteries, I cannot but think about the possibilites of having the same amount of space, energy available for a really good micro-mirror projector, focused on the facade (?) of the urban building behind te truck?? Kind of flashing it??