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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (53204)	11/28/2002 8:28:55 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 54805

re: New Taiwanese entrant(s) for WiFi/GPRS Combo Cards * Global Sun Technology of Taiwan (contract manufacturer for Nokia's card). * BenQ, Dbtel Technology and Compal to follow * Tri-band allows use in 160+ countries * Integrated Bluetooth coming >> Global Sun Technology to ship WLAN/GPRS cards to China Mobile Michael Shen Chinmei Sung DigiTimes.com 26 November 2002 digitimes.com Not about to let Nokia monopolize the market, Global Sun Technology said it also has landed GPRS/802.11b PCMCIA card orders from a mobile phone service provider in China and expects to begin shipments by year-end. Jack Lai, president and CEO of the Taiwan-based network equipment company, said the Chinese client also outsources the cards to Nokia. Pricing its products at less than half the price of Nokia’s, Global Sun Technology expects to ship at least 20,000 units a month next year. Aimed at business professionals on the go, the card does not come cheap. Nokia, the first to launch this hybrid card, charges about US$300 retail for the card. In addition to price competitiveness, Global Sun’s card supports GPRS triple band (850/1800/1900MHz frequencies), which will help the product better penetrate the North American market, according to Lai. Nokia’s card provides only dual-band support. In addition to WLAN and GPRS dual mode, the company will integrate Bluetooth technology in the future, Lai added. BenQ, Dbtel Technology and Compal Communication have also begun development of multi-mode radio cards. Lai said in contrast to mobile phone makers, Taiwan’s wireless network equipment makers, having excelled in the WLAN market, have a better chance of succeeding in the hybrid product domain. << - Eric -

To: Stock Farmer who wrote (53204)	11/28/2002 3:36:06 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

ANY solution that provides wireless data to these places is good enough for them. The difference between niche and broad acceptance depends on the number of people included by "them". Hotspots are the only solution to deliver the kind of bits/second/cubic foot necessary to cover the places that people are "most of the time". Actually, wires do an awfully good job "most of the time". For a desktop system that never moves, wireless is an unnecessary expense. Here's a clue: to get the kind of bandwidth folks will find useful, the darn things have to be installed indoors, several per floor, every floor per high-rise. Have you considered the security issues of the kind of installation you are describing? This kind of universal wireless means that essentially every user in the company presents the same security challenge as supporting the user sitting in Starbucks.