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To: Eric L who wrote (18898)	2/8/2002 10:55:39 AM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196444

Samsung outranks Sony Ericsson in cellphones By Reuters staff 08 February 2002 South Korea's Samsung has overtaken Swedish-Japanese Sony Ericsson as the world's third-largest maker of mobile phones, but still trails far behind Nokia, a Swedish newspaper reported on Friday. The daily Dagens Industri newspaper, citing its own figures and data from market research group Gartner Dataquest, said Samsung's market share increased to 7.5 percent in 2001 from 5.0 percent in 2000. Sony Ericsson's market share was 7.3 percent, the paper said, putting Swedish Ericsson's market share for 2000 at 10.0 percent. Last year Ericsson and Sony merged their mobile phone operations into a 50-50 joint venture, which began operations on October 1. Finnish Nokia extended its lead as the world's leading mobile phone maker, commanding a 35.6 percent share of the global market in 2001 compared with 30.6 percent the year before, Dagens Industri said. Its comparison did not mention German Siemens, which according to a November 19 report from Gartner Dataquest had been overtaken by Samsung in the third quarter.

To: Eric L who wrote (18898)	2/8/2002 11:47:09 AM
From: foundation	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196444

re: sync channel ========= Let's be very clear. LG had a problem with a handset due to what KDDI perceives as an ambiguity with the Specification... an ambiguity that does not appear to have tripped up Samsung or other vendors. KDDI (and everyone else in 3GPP2) believes that MOT and NOK had handset problems because they fucked up. MOT and NOK fucked up. MOT fucked up. NOK fucked up. That is refreshing. ========== LU's comment: Lucent wishes to record the following: "Lucent has been a most vocal supporter for a quick, standards-based solution to the Sync Channel problem to meet the needs of the industry, perhaps more so than any other proponents including Motorola. However, Lucent strongly objects to the Sync Channel Adhoc Group pursuing a non-standards-based solution within a 3GPP2 standards forum given that it is highly unlikely that any proposals to be considered will include a standards-based solution (in whole or in part). These objections are based on legal considerations, and Lucent must obtain legal advice before we can continue to participate in this process, which may no longer be covered by the normal standards-fora safe harbor rules. To my understanding, LU perceives that the Sync Channel Adhoc Group is presently pursuing a non-standards-based solution, and that it can not participate in the process. Further, LU perceives that it's highly unlikely that the Group will produce a standards-based solution. In reviewing the Ad Hoc requirements: • A single specification such that a Release A compliant mobile is interoperable with Release A and all prior standards compliant infrastructure. • Resolve the Sync Channel Issue such that there is no impact to currently deployed (i.e., Release 0 orIS-95) equipment (MSs and Infrastructure). Requirements appear to leave little room for a solution, which may be the source of LU's frustrations. Powers behind a sync channel fix were holding Release A hostage to a resolution. Clearly, the Steering Committee was motivated to terminate this condition. Further, the SC has set appropriate, though perhaps impossible to attain requirements for a fix. Perhaps the SC sees the logic of the simplest and most appropriate of solutions..... recall non-standard compliant handsets. R.I.H.