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To: slacker711 who wrote (54983)	9/3/2006 11:10:41 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196952

I think that other countries adoption of MNP has shown that there wont be anywhere near this many switchers, but these numbers have to make KDDI feel good about their position. cellular-news.com 25% Of Vodafone Japan Customers Looking To Switch -Nikkei TOKYO (Nikkei)--Nearly a quarter of Vodafone K.K.'s customers are considering switching to another cellular phone service provider once number portability service is introduced Oct. 24, an online survey by the Nikkei Industrial Daily shows. The survey found that 17.1% of the respondents intend to change their cellular phone companies once number portability service is available, down 6.1 percentage points from a survey in June. This drop likely occurred because more people have come to learn about the caveats and costs of switching providers. Among the respondents who were using Vodafone's cellular phone service, 24.7% were considering moving to another company, followed by 18.7% for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s (9437.TO) customers, and 8.1% for users of KDDI Corp.'s (9433.TO) au cellphone service. When those who were considering changing providers were asked to name their preferred company, KDDI came on top at 61.1%, with Vodafone and DoCoMo following at 17.6% and 13.5%, respectively. The number portability service will enable customers to transfer their phone numbers to accounts opened with different service providers. (END) Dow Jones Newswires

To: slacker711 who wrote (54983)	9/3/2006 6:15:29 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196952

Re: OLED. The information I have researched over the past few years suggests that OLED has a problem related to changes in color balance over the rather short life of these displays. This may not hurt for cell phones, which tend to become obsolete in two years or less, but it certainly would affect use on digital cameras or camcorders. From the lay person's point of view (minimum knowledge of the engineering problems affecting OLED and Iridigm), it appears that Iridigm is, theoretically at least, the preferred technology. Art

To: slacker711 who wrote (54983)	9/4/2006 4:51:54 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196952

It looks like Tata had an absolutely huge month in August....that should make three good months in a row for CDMA in India. economictimes.indiatimes.com Tata Teleservices eyes entry in the top bracket by '11 TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2006 02:52:28 AM] MUMBAI: Tata Tele-Services (TTSL) may have been the last of the major cellular operators to roll out services, but the Tata-owned telco aims to be among the top two players by ’11. Having charted an ambitious growth strategy, the unlisted telecom firm is eyeing to have nearly 100m subscribers in the next five years. The Tata group is known to be among the industry leaders in sectors where it has presence, like steel, power and automotive. “Tatas don’t enter a market to be number five or six. We have to be number one or two. We have a scenario that’ll get us there by ’11,” TTSL CEO Darryl Green told ET. TTSL is now the fifth largest cellular operator with a subscriber base of over 12m and revenues of over $1bn. It added around 1.1m subscribers in August. The company has been increasing users by 0.5-1m every month since October last year after it changed the telecom industry dynamics by introducing free lifetime incoming plans. TTSL has outlined a capex of Rs 4,000 crore for the current fiscal and plans to rope in 18m users by March ’07. The company has already pumped in over Rs 1,000 crore in the first four months of FY07. “We plan to invest Rs 4,000 crore this year,” Mr Green said. The investment is being funded through borrowings from banks and from the money raised from a stake sale to Temasek Holdings. TTSL had sold 9.9% stake to Temasek in March ’06. While the deal size was not disclosed, it was estimated at around $300m. TTSL, which offers telecom services under the Tata Indicom brand, currently has 6,500 base stations across the 20 circles where it operates. “We plan to add over 3,000 stations during this year (fiscal),” said Mr Green. Of these, at least 1,500 sites will be on a sharing basis. TTSL shares its passive infrastructure (base stations) with Bharti Airtel, Hutchison Essar and Idea Cellular. Besides, TTSL is also expanding its retail operations and introducing new handsets with enhanced features. “The entry-level is a mushrooming segment for us and we will give a variety of phones, as much variety as GSM,” said Mr Green. TTSL is also in talks for outsourcing its passive infrastructure as new players get ready to build and operate base stations. “I have no interest in tying up my capex in cell sites. A lot of companies in India are building them. We are listening to them,” he added.