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To: q1000 who wrote (23594)	6/9/2002 1:16:01 PM
From: jackmore	Respond to of 197244

EOTD Location Technology Is Failing This should be no surprise to the TDMA/GSM operators. Nextel ran tests over a year ago that was convincing in showing EOTD would never work in rural areas. This seems easy to understand--if it takes three or four cellular sites to determine a mobile device's location with EOTD and when a subscriber is on a highway that is typically covered by only one or two cellular sites, it isn't going to work. Much of the cellular coverage outside of urban areas is like this example. Other rural areas are covered by a minimum of one or two cellular sites. The winners are going to be the providers of assisted GPS locations services in the U.S. Look to Qualcomm's SnapTrack unit and companies like SiRF Technologies to be the leaders. lw2fd.hotmail.msn.com Location Technology Is Failing