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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rkral who wrote (31690)	1/25/2003 9:56:32 AM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197054

I think the multitude of terms works out as follows. I don't think you're as confused as you imply; this exercise is for me to make sure I've got it right. Corrections welcomed. Basic Operator -- Generic term for non-cellular. Includes both FLO & WLL. Covers phones that either cannot move or have greatly restricted movement. Fixed Line Operator -- Subgroup of Basic Operators with wired connections to their customers. Phones are stationary. WLL-M Operator -- Subgroup of Basic Operators wherein phones are connected wirelessly to the operator, but restricted to work only in a very small geographic area, say a small town or part of a city. I believe the restriction to movement is controlled by not allowing the signal to be handed off to another basestation. Limited Mobility -- Synonym for WLL-M Operator Cellular Operator -- Non-Basic Operator who provides full cellular service to its clients. Their customers can use their phones anywhere the company provides service, and anywhere they have a roaming agreement with another cellular service. Mobile Operator -- Synonym for Cellular Operator. As I understand this confusing mess, TRAI ruled that WLL is not cellular (mobile) but Basic service, and regulates it more less equivalently to the fixed operators. The cellular operators were worried that the WLL operators, given their announced plans, were going to eat their lunch, so they petitioned Trai, then the courts to rule that WLL should be regulated like a cellular operator,not like a basic operator. They lost. They saw this as the beginning of the end of their business, so they exercised some civil disobedience, raising the pressure on everyone. They won.