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To: slacker711 who wrote (25132)	6/6/2003 1:38:36 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Slacker, zdnet.com.cn this article talks about Hutch but one paragraph is interesting. Translation: according to unnamed source, per Hutchison's request, Nokia, from March to May, had removed 700 3G basestations in Hong Kong. They had been replaced with NEC and Siemens products. (as expected, neither nokia nor hutch would commend) If this rumor is true, then I would say nokia's PR could come back to haunt them. Ramsey

To: slacker711 who wrote (25132)	6/6/2003 10:12:54 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

If I remember right, the geographical split was there from the beginning, but reversed at some point. Smart thing as NEC isn't really "UMTS" nor "ETSI" nor have that much eperience with old and odd "WAP-is-CRAP" GSM equipment. No sane operator would build a network with every other cell NEC and every other Nokia and some others randomly sprinkled here and there, especially as equipment and services are upgraded, improved, new features every month for years to come, and more and more handset models entering the market, also with lots of firmware versions. That is, those evolving, and sometimes "fuzzy" standards and implementations, although problems usually can be handled fairly efficiently at the base stations. (as well as those occasional bugs) NEC (like everyone) clearly needs a suitable testing ground to keep up with all of this (both ancient, odd GSM stuff and more contemporary GPRS- WCDMA stuff, but it should not bring the Hutch network to a total stand-still)