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To: brian h who wrote (3667)	1/20/2006 4:16:19 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 218005

<Jay may not buy a CDMA phone because of you.> It seems he might already own one, as the GPRS system apparently uses some QUALCOMM technology which hasn't been acknowledged. QUALCOMM is in the process of prosecuting Nokia for breach of intellectual property. He is using stolen property according to QUALCOMM. The courts will decide the matter. But apart from that little niggle on the sidelines of the bigger arguments, he will have to do without a phone in years to come as all roads lead to QUALCOMM. GPRS will be ditched and spectrum used for CDMA. There is no redeeming merit for his obsolete TDMA air interface. My guess is that he will own one by the end of 2006. Perhaps not for himself to carry, but one of his employees or perhaps his wife. But I think he will want the good stuff, so he will have it first, passing on his old GPRS device for Ai Li to play with. If he goes to Japan, he will do without a phone, or give me money. More and more he will be surrounded by CDMA until eventually he will give in and ditch his old GPRS junk. In NZ now, sales of GSM is fizzling into trivial proportions as both Vodafone and Telecom are selling CDMA flat out. Telecom is selling only CDMA. Vodafone is selling W-CDMA as fast as they can go to hold the line against Telecom, which has the better technology [in most respects though the lack of a SIM is always annoying]. Mqurice