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To: elmatador who wrote (39998)	10/23/2003 5:50:25 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

<Telecom New Zealand is reportedly considering replacing its recent cdma2000 upgrade with the incompatible WCDMA network favoured by other operators in the region.> ElM, that report was a week or so ago. It's drivel. Telecom is trying to negotiate a discount with Lucent [that's what I think]. I offered a Telecom guy $1000 to $100 bet if they adopted W-CDMA in place of CDMA2000 as an upgrade to their 1xRTT network. He wouldn't take it on. The extra number of base stations they'd need for 2GHz compared with 800MHz of which they've got heaps would end the idea. They can do an easy upgrade to 1xEV-DO in their existing base stations and ditch some more analogue phones to free up more spectrum. They also have TDMA spectrum which they are using. CDMA2000 has got a very wide range of cyberphone gadgets available now at good prices. W-CDMA gear is expensive. I bet $1000 to a knob of goat poop that Telecom doesn't adopt W-CDMA in 2GHz in place of more CDMA2000 in 800MHz. They'd better do something soon though, because Vodafone continues to do better with their GSM and GPRS legacy stuff. Mqurice