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To: Eric L who wrote (20566)	6/5/2002 4:55:33 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Which one of these two birds is speaking with a forked tongue? The guy with the Finnish company that has primrose-pathed the carriers with visions of easy WCDMA deployment and is now loooking to sell lots and lots of EDGE infra as a profitable stopgap in the face of falling prices for WCDMA infra or the independent consultant? Anyone still wonder why even the Euros are not buying the Bleedin' EDGE? Takes a sucker like AWE. What a right nasty dog's breakfast they've made of it. And AWE is intent on stepping right into a steaming pile of it. The question is, what impact on coverage will there be if high-speed data is being delivered over this network? PA Consulting's Paxman says the impact will be negative. "Because of the way that EDGE works, EDGE cells for high data rates are very, very small, probably of similar size to WCDMA cells. EDGE is quite progressive but as you wind up to the higher data rates you get smaller cells than standard GSM 900 unless you start putting smart antennas and that sort of thing on top. Basically, if I want to get 140kbps over EDGE it will only cover some fraction of the cell over which I would normally get GSM 900 voice." Nokia Networks' Kuosa disagrees, saying that improvements to the standard have overcome early problems. "With EDGE you will get more capacity, better quality and higher data rates. You will also get better coverage, from simulations the incremental gain is averaging 3dB. For existing operators this means you will get better indoor coverage in the cities and better coverage in rural areas.