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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (20612)	3/21/2002 6:59:25 PM
From: foundation	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196641

re: Operators will make money instantly if they add EDGE ========== As opposed to GPRS - which was designed to lose money instantly? The pitch is getting rather shrill. Trying to tempt Euro carriers to take the bait.. Baptism with EDGEfantasies to wash away the memories of past promises. Carriers will need substantial additional funds for many more base stations for GPRS to function... might as well add EDGE while they're at it? It's like picking money off of trees... for the vendors. Someone should tell AWE... they're spending all that time and money to rip off variable rate vocoders - when they get 300+% FREE capacity improvement with EDGE... and make money instantly! With all of that imminent free EDGE capacity, why is AWE going to the trouble? Use EDGE in rural areas where wCDMA is too expensive - even though, ironically, a tighter pattern of base stations will be required? Bumbling 3GSM vendors still haven't delivered viable GPRS networks, and they're well over 2 years late. They'll deliver EDGEfantasies in 2003? <g> Carriers (other than desperate NA ones) can't be that gullable... can they?

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (20612)	3/21/2002 7:30:30 PM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196641

PrairieComm Realizes Major EGPRS Commercialization Milestone; 3G Leader Demonstrates EGPRS Spectral Efficiency at CTIA library.northernlight.com Story Filed: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:25 PM EST ORLANDO, Fla., Mar 19, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- PrairieComm, Inc., industry leader in 3G baseband technology, today announced that the PCI3800 baseband processor will enable the commercialization of 3G EGPRS (EDGE) handsets by the end of the year. EGPRS handsets will offer "always-on" data with speeds up to 384 kpbs. PrairieComm is demonstrating the spectral efficiency of EGPRS over GPRS at the CTIA show in Orlando, Florida, March 18-20. The demonstration will show EGPRS speeds of 60 kbps per slot. Production samples of the PCI3800, PrairieComm's EGPRS/GSM/GPRS multi-mode baseband processor, are currently available. "PrairieComm has been developing EGPRS technology for over two years and have had silicon available for over one," said Ed Roney, Chief Technology Officer, PrairieComm. "We're demonstrating that we are ready for an EGPRS commercial launch in the second half of this year." For PrairieComm's TDMA customers, EGPRS is the natural evolution in their product roadmaps. Moving from TDMA to EGPRS is a seamless transition because the PCI3800, like all of PrairieComm's baseband processors, is built on a common platform. PrairieComm's model of designing all baseband processors using a common architecture not only gives customers greater flexibility and shortens time-to-market, it enables them to support aggressive 3G technology business plans and schedules. [ snip ]