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To: carranza2 who wrote (18931)	3/14/2002 2:46:42 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

c2, << I hope the GPRS lack of speed doesn't hold back MMS. >> It won't. The only thing holding back MMS is implementation of the messaging platforms and that is already starting. << If speed not there, MMS will be like a Ferarri with a Pinto's engine. >> "Speed" is ABSOLUTELY NOT necessary for MMS. Neither is high capacity. Do you know what MMS is? Well, I know ya do cause ya heard about them quacking ducks. <g> How big do you think an MMS message is? (Answer posted recently elsewhere). Do you think that MMS transmisssion/reception needs to be "instantaneous" (like voice) or can the recipient wait one minute to receive a message with a picture of the blueprints for the vault at fort Knox that takes maybe 8 seconds to transmit at (Caxton's) GPRS rates but has to hit a messaging gateway before reception, so probably won't be primary priority (carrier decision)? << Q owns the speed >> What are they going to do with it? << DO and MMS a dream come true. >> DO is MASSIVE OVERKILL for MMS. DO is MASSIVE OVERKILL for lots of things, and it reduces capacity significantly even though it is more efficient than 1xRTT, since it requires that at least 2.5MHz of spectrum otherwise available for voice be dedicated to it. DO is a technological marvel - or will be when it is fully commercialized, but I'm not sure what else it is. << Why doesn't Nokia push the use of DO in MMS? >> Why would they want to push DO for any application? DO is a real niche market within a niche market and if Qualcomm and their so called value chain (such as it is) doesn't get a few more carriers behind DO, it will have extremely poor economies of scale. Nokia is focused on developing integrated voice and data running on an all-IP RAN (WCDMA with the HSDPA extension) to meet broadband requirements at such time that the market for broadband takes shape within the mobile wireless telephony arena. ... and Nokia is NOT interested in proprietary architectures whether open or closed, particularly if it emanates from San Diego or Redmond. - Eric -