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To: amseybold who wrote (26118)	8/27/2002 11:34:42 AM
From: ggamer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196694

Mr. Seybold, Do you see an opportunity for QCOM and CDMA operators to do a better job with their marketing of 1X. So far I have not seen anything that will help consumers differentiate between the speed of their service. Today if you looked at the media adds for Verizon and Sprint, they are not really much different than what AT&T and Cingular are offering. GGamer

To: amseybold who wrote (26118)	8/27/2002 3:18:03 PM
From: scratchmyback	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 196694

<<...the technology (WCDMA) is NOT ready for prime time--and won't be for a while--a while being several years>> Andy, if WCDMA really is that late, isn´t the whole WCDMA bubble going to burst already on September the 26th???! That is when Sonera in Finland plans to launch their WCDMA network, and at that time Nokia should also launch the first Nokia WCDMA phone. Sonera´s WCDMA network is mostly delivered by Nokia (some Ericsson stuff might be there too), and Nokia´s first WCDMA phone with Series 60 platform, 176 x 208 pixel color display, integrated digital camera, GSM 900/1800, GPRS, HSCSD, WCDMA, MMS, J2ME, polyphonic MIDI sounds, Bluetooth and Data speeds of 64 - 128 kbits will be the only phone that Sonera is going to offer. And naturally the phone comes with a Nokia chipset, no Qualcomm hardware there. BTW, here´s a picture of the phone: vapaalla.org Now, what do you think is going to happen? Will Sonera delay the launch, or will they launch it despite the immaturity of the technology? And if so, what kind of catastrophy are going to witness? Battery problems, GSM-WCDMA roaming problems, software glitches in the phones or what??? Is there even a slightest of chance that Sonera´s WCDMA launch could be a success, for both Sonera and Nokia?

To: amseybold who wrote (26118)	10/5/2002 1:23:44 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196694

Hi Andy. There's a post of Ben's saying you don't think 802.11b hotspots will do well. How about 80211.b networks, with voice and data? Do an SI search on RoamAD and you can read some of my posts. It's working extremely well, right now, sitting at a bus stop in Queen Street Auckland. Not to mention all over the test area. Why do you think it's no good? It's cheaper than Telecom's silly US$600 for a Gtran PCMCIA card and at $5 a megabyte, Telecom is nuts! I bought a couple of 802.11b cards the other day for US$100. Mqurice