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To: John Biddle who wrote (30865)	1/7/2003 10:37:18 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197275

National to develop wireless chipsets with UbiNetics By Stephanie Gordon, EET (01/07/2003 3:09 PM EST) ebnonline.com Cambridge -- UK wireless comms company, UbiNetics has signed a licensing agreement with National Semiconductor Corporation to jointly develop next-generation wireless chipsets for the handset market. Under the terms of the agreement, UbiNetics will supply multi-mode GSM/GPRS/W-CDMA system protocol software to enable National to provide wireless chipsets to the global handset market. Jean-Louis Bories, vice-president of National's IA and Wireless Division, said: "National is focused on the mobile handset market and is developing products that will meet the increased power and performance demands of today's mobile phones. This licensing agreement with UbiNetics will allow National to further develop its next-generation products in this crucial area." "For a company of National's size and reputation to endorse UbiNetics' technology in this way is great testament to the hard work and skill-set of the UbiNetics team," noted Bjorn Krylander, CEO at UbiNetics. "It reinforces the company's reputation as one of the leading players in the development of next-generation wireless technologies to the global telecom industry."

To: John Biddle who wrote (30865)	1/8/2003 4:32:01 AM
From: rkral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197275

John, re "Ollila says: "WCDMA is an evolutionary technology for the GSM system ..." " When I see the next statement like that, I might throw up. Excuse my French, but what the hell is evolutionary about the transition from GSM to WCDMA? (1) The air interface is incompatible .. so new frequencies are auctioned .. a waste of public resources .. and a waste of carrier resources (2) New base transceiver systems (BTSs) must be installed .. another waste of carrier resources (3) No chance for a soft-handoff .. a perpetual irritant to end-users .. who eventually pay all costs That's not evolution .. that's revolution .. and some revolutions are only satisfactory to a few. Sorry for the rant .. I know most of you know all this .. but I feel better now. :-) Ron