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To: Eric L who wrote (19409)	4/8/2002 3:45:23 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 34857

Eric. Possibly Edge's best advantage is that it may allow NOK to sell another generation of equipment to some operators. This is good for NOK. On the other hand, Edge still must compete with 1XRTT and 1X EVDO in some locals.

To: Eric L who wrote (19409)	4/8/2002 5:01:04 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 34857

hoping it won't be one more of those cdmaOne is REALLY 5x GSM fantasies. While I dont think that anybody is ever going to agree on the exact efficiency of CDMA over GSM, I think I can see how IJ gets to 5x GSM (or at least close). I've probably been reading these threads since about the beginning of '98, and my understanding has always been that CDMA was 6-9x more spectrally efficient than AMPS. The GSM-TDMA family was estimated to be 3-4x AMPS. However, looking back....the 6-9x estimate was BEFORE the implementation of EVRC by the US operators (it may have been implemented in Korea). I think that EVRC was supposed to give something like a 60% capacity increase. If you take the high-end of the estimate for CDMA spectral efficiency (9x) and the low-end for GSM (3x), the EVRC version of CDMA would be 4.8x more spectrally efficient than GSM. Has GSM instituted any new CODEC's since '98? I have no idea if AMR is the first new codec since the original GSM implementations. Slacker

To: Eric L who wrote (19409)	4/8/2002 5:22:24 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 34857

China's Huawei supplying GSM infra: Novgorod Telecommunications to commence GSM-1800 network by July - 3/25/02 Novgorod Telecommunications plans to launch a commercial GSM-1800 cellular network in Novgorod by July, as GIST s source in the company reported. Initially, the network will consist of 15 basic stations and a switch for up to 3,000 subscribers. China s company Huawei Technologies Investment will supply the facility to Novgorod Telecommunications while a relevant agreement is to be signed by the end of March. Novgorod Telecommunications offers services under the Unicell brand name and is fully controlled by Vostok Mobile B.V., which is a subsidiary of MCT Corporation operating in Russia under the Indigo brand. As GIST reported earlier, established in 2001, Indigo includes 27 regional cellular operators and as of late 2001 had a consolidated subscriber base of 583,000, Russia's fourth largest. In 2H01, twelve operators obtained GSM 1800 licenses, bringing the total number of Indigo operators with GSM licenses to 24.