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To: Eric L who wrote (19809)	4/28/2002 11:44:36 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

8210. <<We understand that the handset is no longer being made anyway, having come to the end of its life cycle.>> Good way to resolve a problem. Sounds like a close out price situation.

To: Eric L who wrote (19809)	4/28/2002 11:57:50 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: IMS Handset & Base Station Forecast I am not familiar with IMS. Profile at end. * IMS now forecasts that globally around 600 million handsets will be shipped in 2006 That's pretty conservative given the projected growth of the subscriber base by 2006. >> 600 Million Handsets To Be Sold In 2006 - Report 24-Apr-2002 Cellular News Troubles never come singly. Falling handset replacement rates, lower subscriber growth, lower voice and data traffic per subscriber than predicted and financially challenged operators have all been a feature of the last year. This has resulted in the market research company, IMS significantly reducing its forecasts both for cellular handset shipments and for base stations over the medium term. IMS' latest estimates for the cellular base station market show a fall from around 2.3 million TRX/channel card shipments in 2000 to 2.2 million in 2001. The factors above have caused recent investment in 2G/2.5G infrastructure to be very subdued. Unfortunately there are few signs that this will change in the near future. The main driver of growth in the infrastructure market in the medium term is the rollout of 3G networks. The additional problem of delayed availability of 3G handsets means that this market is taking longer than expected to develop. Although IMS projects significant growth in handsets in 2002 over 2001, the total of 417 million is almost unchanged from the peak year of 2000. Added to the above factors, reduced handset subsidies and a lack of compelling 2.5G services have contributed to this situation. Although the current problems are still predicted to be addressed in the medium term, IMS now forecasts that globally around 600 million handsets will be shipped in 2006. << >> About Intex Management Services (IMS) IMS was founded in Wellingborough (England) in 1989. Today the company is a leading supplier of market research on the electronics industry to a wide range of global companies. IMS' initial success as a provider of market research was heavily influenced by its close ties to the semiconductor industry. Over the last ten years, however, the company has broadened its focus and now provides detailed information on a wide range of electronic markets, from mobile phones to factory automation. Although a significant area of IMS' business is centred around the production of off-the-shelf or syndicated market studies, increasingly it is focusing on client-specific research. In recent years IMS' archive of electronics market statistics has proved invaluable in developing marketing solutions for a wide range of company types. IMS' global sales are today supported by offices in both England (Wellingborough) and the US (Austin, Texas). << - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (19809)	4/28/2002 4:41:05 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

<suspension of sales appears to have lasted just one day> and the message never reached the stores, just the press... just what one would expect from a jolly old bloody warehouse, out in the sun, mad dogs, dangling cow stuff and all. (sad for ARM and Symbian, but that is the sovereign UK problem) But toilet humor has always been something for UK .. well... difficult to translate, British Soft Tissues and regular Nokia production from the 70-80s (considering both Benny Hill and our favorite import) Nobody thought a perfect EU would be possible instantly, at least not Thatcher, but most of us early EMU members are trying to welcome London anyway, although it very often takes some deep breaths, counting to many dozens, thumbs and inches, and understanding of the orwellian-pickwickian habits. Ilmarinen OK, more severe, they were "forced to admit" they do not have a service center. I sincerely hope they will get at least the minimum of equipment and knowledge needed to at least run a regular POS business. (even the retail market will soon be "free", like Adam Smith of Scotland once had a dreamed of) Thanks for posting. Btw, is the market maker of the Warehouse a Hedge Fund??