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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (21499)	4/17/2002 10:47:38 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Respond to of 197603

Bouygues chairman says worst still to come for over-paying UMTS entrants library.northernlight.com PARIS (AFX) - The "worst is definitely to come" for operators, above all newcomers to the sector, who participated in the expensive first round of UMTS licence, according to Bouygues SA chairman, Martin Bouygues. In order to win customers from incumbent operators, newcomers will have to cut prices and will thus be unable to recover the enormous costs of acquiring licences and rolling out networks, Bouygues told Le Monde in an interview. "Likewise, I don't see the significance of these consolidations everyone is talking about right now... Imagine the fate of a company combining two operators and thus the cost of two UMTS licences. How could it survive?" He said this would lead to a "disastrous free-for-all" resulting in bankruptcies, notably in the UK. Bouygues Telecom earlier indicated it will now apply for a cut-price French UMTS licence and announced the imminent launch of i-mode, licensed from NTT DoCoMo Inc. Bouygues said i-mode will cost several tens of millions of euros to develop, mostly related to software outlay, and that in addition the company will pay a royalty to DoCoMo for the technology, but said he has promised not to reveal how much. Questioned over the company's long-standing reluctance to confirm it will participate in UMTS, Bouygues said: "I regret nothing", adding that without the Bouygues stand-off, the government would never have cut the price of the licence. He said i-mode, compatible with both second and third generation services, is a "perfect transition" technology allowing Bouygues to pass from GPRS initially, to UMTS, in line with market demand. mrg/rf NNN Copyright AFX 2002, All Rights Reserved.

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (21499)	4/17/2002 6:16:38 PM
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Cingular Offering 2.5G To Calif library.northernlight.com Story Filed: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:28 PM EST Apr 17, 2002 (Internet.com via COMTEX) -- LOS ANGELES -- Cingular Wireless Wednesday announced it has begun offering improved cell phone services in California and Reno, Nevada. The Atlanta-based The joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth said its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is being sold as "Wireless Internet Express" as an add-on to any rate plan. Packages are available starting at $8.99 and including 100 interactive messages. With the upgrades, the cell phone provider said users could expect average throughput speeds of 100kbs - 150kbs in a fully loaded environment. The upgrade begins in the fourth quarter of this year and is expected to be finished by early 2004. Cingular currently offers the following GPRS handsets to customers with Motorola V60, Motorola T193 and Ericsson T61z phones. The Ericsson T68i and Motorola V70 will be available in the near future as well. The advancement is considered 2.5G - a half step between second-generation cellular (digital PCS) and third-generation (3G). The third phase of cell phone improvements promises increased bandwidth, up to 384 Kbps when a device is stationary or moving at pedestrian speed, 128 Kbps in a car, and 2 Mbps in fixed applications. A wireless standard, GPRS runs at speeds up to 115 kilobits per second supports a wide range of bandwidth takes advantage of limited bandwidth and is particularly suited for sending and receiving small bursts of data, such as e-mail and Web browsing, as well as large volumes of data. "GPRS provides consumers, as well as business users, with an improved wireless Internet experience with 'always on' access to information," said Cingular CEO Stephen Carter, in his keynote address to the iWireless World conference. "It gives consumers the flexibility to toggle between an Internet session -- say wireless access to email -- and a phone call or text message without having to abandon their connection." The introduction of the new GPRS technology to Cingular customers in California lays the foundation for Cingular's roll-out of "3G" or third generation wireless technology. By the end of 2002, Cingular expects to also turn-up GSM/GPRS services in New York City, Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Detroit, and Orlando, Melbourne and Daytona in Florida. GPRS is already marketed in Seattle and Spokane, Las Vegas, Eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and coastal areas of Georgia. GPRS is expected to be available nationwide in all Cingular markets by early 2004. The 3G-enabled phones will work over wireless air interfaces such as GSM, TDMA, and CDMA. The new EDGE air interface has been developed specifically to meet the bandwidth needs of 3G. "Cingular will be bringing its 3G technology -- called EDGE -- to the public beginning next year," said Carter. "By the end of 2003, all of our major markets will be 3G-capable." By Michael Singer URL: internet.com Copyright 2002 INT Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication and redistribution of INT Media Group content is Expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of INT Media Group, Inc. ====== The upgrades they are talking about are probably EDGE. Has anyone ever heard of a phone that did both TDMA and CDMA? 162 days