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To: limtex who wrote (113484)	2/17/2002 10:26:20 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Limtex-->>Where does anyone see any solid growth in our lifetime in telecom?<< Dear me! Talk about pessimism! The U.S. has a very high quality wired infrastructure, the growth in wireless comes from its lower cost data communications for individual or small group needs. By this I mean the high data rate from CDMA2000 provides smaller users far better speed than competing technologies (DSL, cable modems, GPRS, etc.). The growth in wireless comes from being able to sell value added data access, and eventually from the replacement of outmoded wired technology with faster, lower maintenance wireless. In most developing nations, whether you are talking about China, India, all of Latin America, Africa, Russia, and even Japan, the wired infrastructure simply is inadequate. Wireless is the only feasible solution, and CDMA2000 again provides the least cost technology for both voice and data. In the next ten years, the demand for additional wireless phones and/or other equipment like laptops connected via wireless is probably well in excess of one billion units. Isn't that a satisfactory growth potential for wireless? Art