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To: Neeka who wrote (29160)	11/20/2002 12:23:03 PM
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Wireless Web EV-DOes it November 20, 2002 12:00am CNET Networks, Inc. 2002-11-19, CNET Networks via NewsEdge Corporation : A Sprint PCS affiliate has become the third company to begin testing wireless broadband services based on a speedy standard that some see as a bridge for the digital divide. Conshohocken, Pa.-based wireless carrier Ubiquitel, an exclusive Sprint PCS reseller, said Tuesday that it had started a trial based on the EV-DO standard, which bears the unwieldy official name of CDMA20001x EV-DO. The trial, using Lucent Technologies cellular network equipment and Sierra Wireless PC modem cards, began Tuesday among businesses and some government agencies in Boise, Idaho, according to a Ubiquitel representative. Ubiquitel serves 11 million people located in portions of California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The company is the third U.S. carrier to begin exploring the use of EV-DO, which creates a wireless Web network with download speeds of 384kbps to 2.4mbps, rivaling the speed of digital subscriber lines and cable modems. In contrast, the fastest wireless networks currently available offer speeds of up to 144kbps--although average user speeds may vary. These EV-DO networks are sprouting up mainly in rural areas of the United States and are seen by some as a way to span the ongoing digital divide that's left certain areas of the country starving for Web access. About 13 percent of the nation's homes have broadband service, a number that's grown dramatically over the past 18 months, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics. Rural areas have typically been underserved, however, as their small customer bases rarely justify, on a financial level, the cost of extending expensive DSL or cable networks to accommodate them. The same EV-DO standard and gear is also being used in a commercial network launched in April by Monet Mobile Networks, a carrier that, like Ubiquitel, serves mainly sparsely populated areas that traditional broadband providers have overlooked. Sprint PCS rival Verizon Wireless is also testing networks based on the standard, but it's bucking the rural trend. Verizon is using EV-DO and the same equipment in trial runs in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The trials are supposed to last a year, at which time Verizon will make a decision about commercial deployment, a company representative said. <<CNET Networks -- 11/19/02>> << Copyright ©2002 CNET Networks, Inc. >> wirelessweek.com

To: Neeka who wrote (29160)	11/20/2002 12:25:35 PM
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Vodafone hangs up on 3G Michael Sainsbury NOVEMBER 20, 2002 STRUGGLING No. 3 mobile phone group Vodafone has acquiesced to financial imperatives and will not build a national third generation mobile network in Australia. Despite spending more than $200 million on a 15-year licence for 3G spectrum, Vodafone Australia chief operating officer Graham Maher said the company would opt for a partial network build, or (more likely) run a wholesale service on a competitor's network. He told The Australian: "We do not expect there to be four 3G networks in Australia." Hutchison Telecommunications is already building a network worth at least $3 billion and Optus has signed a deal to spend a minimum of $900 million with Nokia to build a 3G network sometime in the future. Telstra has kept its powder dry on the issue, but Telstra mobile's chief David Thodey has acknowledged that it will eventually build a network. "If the industry in Australia lets the same situation happened as it did with second generation networks, where there are too many, then we are bloody stupid," Mr Maher said. But Mr Maher warned that 3G networks were not yet close to fulfilling their hype. He said Vodafone already has operational 3G networks in other countries. "We have not yet found the applications that justify the networks," Mr Maher said. Vodafone has had preliminary talks with other players about joint 3G arrangements, Mr Maher said. He also cast doubt on a possible alliance with Hutchison who industry watchers see as the company's natural ally in Australia. "Hutchison is an international competitor of ours and I don't think it is as obvious as everybody thinks it is," Mr Maher said. In a speech in Sydney last night, Mr Thodey said Telstra has been successfully trialling the 1xRTT technology – a precursor to full 3G – on its existing CDMA network. Vodafone launched a full suite of wholesale services yesterday following initial deals with Telecom New Zealand and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications – a service that will be launched in the New Year. australianit.news.com.au^15306^^nbv^,00.html