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To: talksfree who wrote (38166)	12/2/2003 5:26:47 PM
From: rkral	Respond to of 196781

talksfree, re "unless the GSM1x chip becomes a GSM/DO chip ..." The Qualcomm MSM6500 is such a chip, and sampling began July 2003. cdmatech.com Ron

To: talksfree who wrote (38166)	12/2/2003 6:18:31 PM
From: 100cfm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196781

It will have to get to the point that all CDMA phones sold in China are 1X and all 1X phones have GSM. Just like they will all have Brew, GPS and etc. GSM has to become just another standard feature. Just as when digital first came out, you got amps with whether you wanted it or not or whether you knew it or not. I don't see WCDMA or DO being a hinderance to GSM becoming a commodity feature on CDMA ASICs since I believe both combos are currently on Q's chip road map. TD-SCDMA is another story since the chips have yet to fall into place on this issue.