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To: Eric L who wrote (128868)	5/9/2003 2:39:24 PM
From: kech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Did Schmitt complain about not having enough handsets, i.e the phrase "God Send Mobiles"? If so must be the same one. I thought he was at Sprint but if he was at PrimeCo he must have also been pushing the issue that the CDMA handsets wouldn't be available on time. As I recall, PrimeCo was first to get a CDMA system up (1n 1996?) and so it would make sense that he was the one most concerned about handset availability and the chicken and egg problem. I.e. carriers say "make handsets" and equipment makers say "not until there is demand."

To: Eric L who wrote (128868)	5/12/2003 5:15:14 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 152472

<I sure don't recall any major players favoring GSM at either Sprint, APC, or WirelessCo, named "Schmidt." I suspect you are talking about George F. Schmitt out of AirTouch and PrimeCo in Walnut Creek, by way of Mannesmann Mobilfunk. George resigned as PrimeCo head almost immediately after the CDMA decision was reached, and almost immediately became CEO of Omnipoint in Wayne, NJ.> Eric, that's as I recall it, plus you added some I didn't recall. At the time, I couldn't believe it when they appointed Schmitt to PrimeCo as he was obviously out to sink CDMA. I thought that BEFORE he was appointed. I even wondered whether he was paid by the GSM Guild to infiltrate and kill CDMA from the inside, but never voiced that as I had no evidence, but it was what I figured out to fit the facts. Simple bias, pure blundering, ignorance and stupidity is usually sufficient to explain things without conspiracy theory conjecture. Which is not to say that there aren't conspiracies, it's just that they usually aren't very effective as they are usually going against the weight of human preference [which is why they are hidden conspiracies]. The GSM Guild was a conspiracy to stop CDMA and VW-40 was their secret weapon. Maybe Schmitt was too. Schmitt was soon turfed or quit and I suspect there was some behind the scenes dispute as to why he didn't want to do CDMA when it was obviously [to sensible people like me] the best thing to do. When he got the job, my heart sank! When he went, my happiness factor went up. So did CDMA. Mqurice