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To: carranza2 who wrote (135028)	7/27/2004 3:48:53 PM
From: Cooters	Respond to of 152472

Nextel is a big customer. Might that not have driven the decision to some extent? Pretty interesting that situation is, MOT is clearly working with Nextel/Flarion but the network partners in Raleigh are Nortel and Cisco. MOT and Flarion have a commercial network for emergency services personnel in DC. wirelessweek.com D.C. Safety Officials Call On Flarion, Motorola By Susan Rush February 12, 2004 news@2 direct Whether motivated by possible terrorist threats or just the need to keep safety officials in touch with one another, the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer is calling on Motorola Inc. and Flarion Technologies to build a public safety high-speed wireless broadband data network in the nation's capital. OCTO plans to use Flarion's nonstandard FLASH-OFDM technology to arm safety personnel (i.e. hospitals to ambulances) throughout the city. FLASH-OFDM is designed to deliver secure, high-speed, IP-based broadband access through wireless connectivity. The technology enables download speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps, with burst rates up to 3.0 Mbps, which competes with wireline broadband offerings. "This is a major step toward delivering critical information to police, fire and emergency medical services workers wherever they need it to safeguard lives," District Chief Technology Officer Suzanne Peck said. The OCTO program involves installation, testing and operations of the network for one year. The plan is for the network to use 10 transmission sites to enable citywide wireless broadband coverage that can be accessed by emergency and safety personnel. For its role in the program, Motorola will be tasked with network installation and applications roll out. D.C. recently upgraded its public safety wireless radio communications system. Flarion has other coals in the fire. On Friday, Nextel Communications Inc. announced it was using Flarion's FLASH-OFDM technology for a trial wireless broadband trial in Raleigh/Durham, N.C. The trial is set to get under way later this month and run for at least six months.

To: carranza2 who wrote (135028)	7/27/2004 3:50:28 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 152472

Nextel is a big customer. Might that not have driven the decision to some extent? I think it has more to do with their new focus on "Seamless Mobility". Most of the time they are talking about OFDM it has been in a 4G context (20Mbps+). I am sure that they are going to try and be a player if/when Nextel goes with F-OFDM but this seems to be a more long-range type of decision. It is going to be pretty interesting to see what type of vision Qualcomm has for 4G. It seems like they are talking about 3.5G+WLAN but I'd like to actually hear some details. Slacker