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To: Eric L who wrote (19836)	4/28/2002 8:37:30 PM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric. That was a spew of loosely related info. Your question: Why is the introduction of comprehensive 1xRTT data services outside of Korea (and now Japan) so abysmally late? My answer: 1) Sprint capital constraints as it is not a Govt owned monopoly like so many others 2) Verizon wouldn't spend money before they had to do so and now Europe's problems have caught up with VOD 3) Verizon is integrating a trimode mass of legacy equipment from various non Korean manufacturers. I.E they did not just rip it out and buy Samsung. 4) Phone leaders except for MOT are Korean and Japanese. The Koreans have built and equiped their network first and are now pushing export phones and equipment. 5) Brew C++ & Java software to make phones provide a superior user experience is just now reaching an acceptable mass to make the phones succeed. 6) Availibility if quantities of color screens. 7) recession pressures on various companies have focused attention on cost tutting strategies and away from innovation decisions and efforts. Remember the two faces of CDMA success are 1)A superior user experience--equires high data rate and innovative software -- then users will buy the phones 2) A high network data throughput for the quantity of cash spent to provide celular network to a specific geographic area. Here's where GPRS is a failure and where Voicestream is launching a desparate effort to patch the problem by wireing Starbucks etc. In short, customers must demand the service and Operators must be able to provide it and make money charging $35 to $50 per month in the US