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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (18834)	3/12/2002 6:10:56 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: 3G EDGE << if EDGE is declared ITU-3G >> I believe it already is (updated last fall). Just like HDR (1xEV-DO) rides the coattails of 1x/3xMC (even though 3xRTT for all practical purposes is history), it rides the coattails of IMT-SC. Second funniest thing I have seen recently was when Nokia showed up at the CDG Digevent last October 23rd and Juha Lappalainen presented EDGE as 3G. I don't know how he kept a straight face. This was right after the ITU acceptance of EDGE update. Funniest thing I have seen recently is that CDG has since pulled the "Event". It is the only one I can remember them pulling. EDGE shall NOT be spoken in CDMAland, at least in "the light of day". Let me put it this way, if 1xRTT (cdma2000) Release 0 - which is NOT an ITU IMT-2000 standard can be called 3G instead of "an interim step to 3G" like it originally was called - then EDGE can be called "3G". Glad to see the crew from Espoo can play "Smoke & Mirrors" almost as well as the San Diegans in the San Diegans backyard. - Eric -