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To: synchro who wrote (5808)	11/27/1997 4:48:00 AM
From: synchro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

The question is who is going to take a major grab of the Wireless Local Loop business? Qualcomm seems to be making headway in Ukraine and Philippines. But no one so far seems interested in the DATA communication aspect of WLL in developed countries. But then this could just be because of my ignorance. I was reading Gilder's _Telecosm_ the other day, and he touted a company called Steinbrecher that specializes in digital broadband radio technology. He said the company was private (and had no trouble attracting capital). It turns out that Tellabs bought out the company in 1996 for $75 million (then a $10 million-revenue company). Reading Tellabs' annual report, it looks like they want to enter the WLL business in a big way. Curious thing is it's been more than a year and half and I haven't read or heard much from Tellabs about the WLL business.

To: synchro who wrote (5808)	11/27/1997 8:54:00 AM
From: qdog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Actually, the WLL is catching on with geater momentum than you think. It's more a perception as to what constitutes wireless. I seen recent articles in Telephony that suggest wireless, namely, PCS; is starting to offer legit competition to the traditional wire services. SWB has on the side of their trucks, 'Get a second line to the home' or some such nonsense. Yet folks are looking at the PCS phone as that second line. I certainly did. When you consider that it has the advantage of mobility, the pricing is favorable. What you are also seeing is the developing nations purchasing the US PCS equipment to deploy, not as a cellular system, but as a WLL. Phillipines is doing just that. The traditional cellular still is available in these countries and will probably be sufficent for years to come. In the PCS arena you have far more BW to play with, off the self. With the talk of about sectorization this allows to get even more out it as far as capacity. What this allows emerging countries, then, is readily deployable, off the shelf solution, immediate impact and affordable local access system. They can then grow there infrastucture more rapidly at a fraction of the cost. With this growth in revenues they can then, build a better and more carefully plan wire infrastructure or wait and take further advantage of the continuing wireless revolution. A win-win scenario. This past Sunday in the Houston Chronicle, QCOM had a big add looking for field engineers. The requirement of 70% travel, both domestic and international; caught my eye. Looks as if they are ramping up this thing to me!!! Happy Thanksgivng to all!!

To: synchro who wrote (5808)	11/27/1997 12:31:00 PM
From: Duane L. Olson	Respond to of 152472

Hi, Synchro. Good to hear from you again!. And thanks -- much! for that site on Wireless Local Loop. It has a lot of other links that I will explore at leisure, so have added the site to my bookmarks... But wanted to get back to you. The last time I looked at the hi-capacity local wireless systems, there was still a problem with power loss on the outer bands during heavy snow or rain storms, a characteristic inherent in that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.. Is that a still a problem with the newer systems, to your knowledge? At the rate things are changing in Telecom, it doesnn't pay to turn one's back, Synchro.. I have trouble even comprehending the kinds of bandwidth they are running these days.... Craig Crawford posted an article (I forget where) on a 2-Terabits/Sec system over fiber... Two TRILLION BPS!!! -- I believe that is roughly equivalent to five times an entire days telephone traffic for the U.S. every second.. Time to retire -- again... <gg>> Really appreciate that post, Synchro. Don't eat too much Turkey!! dlo