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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (30501)	12/27/2002 7:48:12 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196660

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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (30501)	12/27/2002 10:54:17 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196660

Thanks for the article, but I'm afraid I'm still a little confused. This is what I think, but if anyone out there can correct my thinking or clarify points please do. The corDECT system seems totally separate from CDMA WLL. Reliance has already been using corDECT as WLL in rural areas, with 1.5 Million subscribers. They say that CDMA WLL will be used in densely populated areas and corDECT will continue to be used in rural areas, so it would appear that they will stay two separate systems. I am confused about the way the system works. On the one hand it seems like the fixed part serves a number of portable parts. So maybe one fixed device in a village and a bunch of cheap handsets connecting to it. In a big village, several fixed devices could connect to a transit switch. On the other hand, the fixed part, or wallset, "provides an RJ-11 telephone port and an RJ-232 serial port for simultaneous internet access using a PC". This wouldn't make much sense for a shared device in the center of a village, but rather seems like a feature usable within a home. The very name wallset conjures up an image of the less portable half of a wired portable telephone. So which is it? On a different but related subject, is it possible that Qualcomm's dispute with Reliance over their proposed $200 million investment is about Reliance's sticking with corDECT for part of their rollout?