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To: jackmore who wrote (21410)	4/12/2002 2:49:26 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 197336

Boomer=larger radius for covering vast areas

To: jackmore who wrote (21410)	4/12/2002 3:10:03 PM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197336

>> Anyone know how boomer cells differ, specifically, from the garden variety? << Nortel Networks Extended Range CDMA "Boomer" Cell News release nortelnetworks.com The Nortel Networks CDMA Rural Cell can provide a coverage radius up to 180 kilometers under suitable conditions, more than 10 times the range of a typical CDMA base station. >> Why just use them in Australia? << Not just Australia, they sold some to China Unicom. Western China has some wide open spaces. From this Nortel press release nortelnetworks.com Nortel Networks industry-leading CDMA solution for China Unicom includes the Nortel Networks CDMA Rural Cell. Nicknamed " Boomer" Cell, this base station is designed to improve the economics of rural digital cellular service, and provides a coverage radius up to 180 kilometres under suitable conditions, more than 10 times the range of a typical CDMA base station. As to why Nokia phones would have problems with boomer cells, I have no idea.