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To: slacker711 who wrote (24912)	5/7/2003 4:24:07 PM
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Anssi Vanjoki Presents Thursday at JP Morgan JP Morgan 31st Annual Tech & Telecom Conference San Francisco, CA Thursday, May 8, 2003 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time Mr. Anssi Vanjoki Executive Vice President Nokia Mobile Phones corporate-ir.net; Presentation by Dick Grannis Vice President & Treasurer QUALCOMM May 7, 2003 Available Now qualcomm.com Slides here: qualcomm.com - Eric -

To: slacker711 who wrote (24912)	5/7/2003 11:36:34 PM
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The gap between the features in Japanese handsets and those in the rest of the world is rapidly going away.... idg.com.sg Sharp packs new GX20 phone with high-spec features By Martyn Williams IDG News Service, Tokyo Bureau 06-05-2003 TOKYO - Comparing GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) handsets made by Japanese manufacturers, which are on sale in many regions of the world, to the PDC (Personal Digital Communications) phones that are for sale only in Japan used to be like comparing chalk and cheese. They both performed basic telephony but where GSM handsets had a small, monochrome and often text-only LCD (liquid crystal display) and limited e-mail or wireless Internet functions, Japanese PDC handsets were packed with functions such as large, color screens, multimedia e-mail, cameras, packet-based wireless Internet and most recently additional functions such as support for Java. Three new handsets recently announced by Sharp -- one for the GSM market and two for Japan -- show that the gap between the two markets is narrowing, at least at the top-end of the market. The handsets are the GX20, the as-yet-unannounced successor to Sharp's GX10, and its two latest models for J-Phone Co. Ltd. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. First details of the GX20 were revealed on Monday courtesy of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The agency published details of Sharp's GX20 handset after the phone received regulatory approval for use in the U.S. The phone differs from the GX10, which Vodafone Group PLC says is presently its best-selling model in the U.K., in several ways. One of the changes is obvious even when the clamshell style handset is closed. Sharp has upgraded the sub-display from a small two-line monochrome LCD (liquid crystal display) to a 65,536-color STN (super twisted nematic) display with 80-pixel by 60-pixel resolution, according to company documents released by the FCC. That makes it a lot more like the handsets on sale in Japan, where color sub-displays are already common features and both the new domestic phones from Sharp feature them. Another area in which GSM models are fast catching up is the camera function. The GX20 has a 350,000-pixel resolution CCD (charge coupled device) sensor, say the documents, which is a generation above the 110,000-pixel sensor on the GX10. That is also the same level as is found on top-of-the-range handsets in Japan at present although that is about to change as Sharp has recently taken the wraps off two new handsets for Japan. The J-SH53 is scheduled to go on sale in late May by J-Phone Co. Ltd. and the SH505i in June by NTT DoCoMo Inc. The phones are the first from Sharp, and among the first in Japan, with megapixel-class cameras. With the coming of megapixel-class cameras, users will find it more and more costly to transfer images from their handsets by sending them through the carrier's e-mail system to their computer and so both phones include memory card slots. The J-SH53 has an SD (Secure Digital) card slot while the SH505i is one of the first devices to use the newly developed Mini SD card. In the area of display technology, the GSM handset is also close behind Sharp's domestic models. The GX20 has a QVGA (240 pixels by 320 pixels) display, according to the documents released by the FCC. That is equal to the two new Japanese handsets and four times the resolution of the GX10. The GX20 can display 65,536 colors, again according to the FCC documents, which puts it a step behind the Japanese handsets and their support for 260,000 colors. Because it is based on the GSM standard, the GX20 beats the Japanese handsets hands down when it comes to roaming. Whereas the Japanese models can only be used domestically, the GX20 is a tri-band model and so can be used almost anywhere in the world where there is a GSM network. That is also an improvement over the GX10, which was dual-band and so could not be used in the U.S. and Canada. Other features of the J-SH53 include a 2.4-inch (6-centimeter) LCD with QVGA (240 pixels by 320 pixels) resolution and the ability to display up to 260,000 colors and the sub-display is a 1.2-inch color LCD. Other features include support for Java with a 256K-byte storage area and video encoded in either the MPEG4 or Nancy formats. Compared together the three handsets are almost identical in size. The GX20 is expected to measure 95 millimeters by 49 millimeters by 25 millimeters, the J-SH53 is 95 millimeters by 50 millimeters by 24 millimeters and the SH505i is 50 millimeters by 102 millimeters by 21 millimeters. The GX20's predicted weight is slightly lighter than the Japanese handsets. It is expected to weigh 105 grams compared to 115 grams for the two new Japanese handsets.

To: slacker711 who wrote (24912)	5/30/2003 8:27:45 AM
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Hutch's Nokia Network Woes? unstrung.com 05.29.03 The industry rumor mill is in full flood over the possibility of a growing rift between Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. and Nokia Corp.'s (NYSE: NOK - message board) network division, over the rollout of the British carrier’s 3G network. According to industry sources close to Unstrung (who requested anonymity) Hutchison has experienced continuing problems with the performance quality of Nokia’s W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) infrastructure and is considering dropping the Finnish company from the second phase of its U.K. rollout. Financial analysts say the latest issues highlight a history of similar experiences. “This would all point to a certain amount of dissatisfaction with Nokia,” says Stuart Jeffrey, telecom equipment analyst at Lehman Brothers. "I know they haven’t been enormously chuffed with Nokia’s past performance.” In April 2001 Nokia signed a €500 million (US$586 million), three-year agreement with Hutchison 3G UK to provide W-CDMA network infrastructure kit. According to a company statement, Nokia was to be the “core 3G network supplier,” including delivering packet core elements and mobile switches, and would be responsible for covering “approximately 50 percent of the U.K. population spanning the southern half of the U.K. as well as Northern Ireland.” Nokia was to share the radio access network contract (including base stations): A joint alliance of NEC Corp. (Nasdaq: NIPNY - message board) and Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group was to run sites north of the River Severn and the Wash. This deal was later reversed, however, and Nokia was made responsible for the network in the North. NEC and Siemens won control of the contract in the South. No specific reasons were given by Hutchison at the time for the sudden compass-point turnaround. According to Lehman Brothers’ Jeffrey, however, there were technical issues with the performance of Nokia’s base stations. “The fire brigade came to inspect the base stations and discovered that the operating temperature was too high,” he says. “I understand this made it difficult to obtain insurance. Nokia claimed it was an installation problem.” Thomas Jönsson, Nokia Networks’ communications director, says such claims are unfounded. “There was an isolated incident with one base station a year ago that was resolved and was not related to Hutchison. It was concerned with the heat of the base station but it wasn’t serious. I am not aware of any problems with Hutchison. We have a public contract with Hutchison in the U.K. and there is no change to that.” Hutchison 3G spokesman Edward Brewster is also playing down the regional trade in contract awards and the latest market rumors. “That wasn’t a major swap-out,” he claims. “There is no public announcement to be made now. There is no problem.” [Ed. note: No! No! No!] Recent developments certainly hint to the contrary. Last month NEC and Siemens issued a joint release announcing the successful completion of the first stage of its radio network for Hutchison 3G UK (see NEC, Siemens Power 3). No corresponding claim was made by Nokia. It's also noteworthy that Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd.'s 3G operation is expected to opt for LM Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY - message board) infrastructure rather than a previously touted Nokia deal. “I believe it has been confirmed,” says Jeffrey. “It is being spoken of as fact in the financial markets.” Hutchison has proven itself capable of terminating supplier agreements with little notice. In November last year the carrier severed relations with one of its OSS suppliers, TTI Telecom International Ltd. (Nasdaq: TTIL - message board) (see Hutch 3G Dumps Supplier). Unstrung geographical tidbit du jour: The Severn is the longest river in England and floods almost yearly. — Justin "Chuffed" Springham, Senior Editor, Europe, Unstrung