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To: waitwatchwander who wrote (123371)	8/20/2002 2:39:57 PM
From: limtex	Respond to of 152472

NF- Konck knock But it is far from clear that 3G is the best technology. Spain’s Telefonica has said that Europe’s 3G standards do not allow a system that is stable or cheap enough to compete with existing technologies. Europe’s 3G is based on one broadband technology, WCDMA. A rival technology is CDMA. Experience in Japan, the first country where 3G has been launched, suggests that CDMA may have the edge. Japan’s NTT DoCoMo’s 3G launch, using WCDMA, has been slow to take off, while its rival, KDDI, using CDMA, has been gaining customers quickly Best, L

To: waitwatchwander who wrote (123371)	8/28/2002 3:56:32 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

The Guardian: Smits quits KPN debt mountain huknews.hoovers.com August 27, 2002 10:07pm Dutch telecoms group KPN said yesterday that Paul Smits, head of KPN Mobile, under whose management the group's debt has ballooned, will resign from the board on November 1 for personal reasons. Pending the appointment of a successor, KPN chief executive Ad Scheepbouwer will take over as head of the group's mobile phone operations. Mr Smits was in charge when KPN dreamed of joining the European telecoms premier league, taking the group on a spree for acquisitions and UMTS licences. Debt levels reached euros 23bn (pounds 14.7bn). Copyright © 2002 The Guardian.