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To: Walter Liu who wrote (6564)	12/17/1997 1:50:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 152472

Walter B-CDMA-VW = vaporware. Ericsson is trying to negotiate a cheap license from Qualcomm is my guess. They have to try to get this version of CDMA underway. Look at the trouble Motorola have had. Ericsson are taking their chances! Northforce, thanks for the Unwired Planet info. They look as though they are on the right track. Java, plus WcdmaOne, plus Anita-TM = bad luck for Bill Gates, Ericsson and a lot more besides. Meanwhile, back in the jungle, it's getting heavy: WASHINGTON, Dec 16 A Democratic senator on Tuesday asked President Bill Clinton to intervene on behalf of Richard Bliss, charged with spying in Russia. "On behalf of the family of Richard Bliss, I respectfully ask you to contact Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin to ask him to seek the prompt release of Mr. Bliss" Senator Richard Bryan of Nevada wrote in a letter to Clinton. Bliss was detained in Rostov on Don on 25 November, accused of gathering secret information using satellite equipment. Richard was formally charged with espionage, a charge which can carry a jail term of up to 20 years. He has spent 12 days in jail and is now allowed to live in his hotel but cannot leave the area, Bryan said. "He is being subjected to almost daily interrogation; today's session lasted eight hours", the senator wrote. Qualcomm, U.S. authorities and Bliss deny he is a spy. "Mr. Bliss was using standard, common land surveying equipment, and working as part of Qualcomm's contract with a Russian firm to install a telecommunications network," Bryan said. Bryan said congress and world financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund should not support assistance to Russia if Americans working in that country are not safe from unfounded harassment and prosecution. "If this situation is not quickly resolved, and Mr. Bliss returned home, there will have to be a reassessment of our country's ongoing relationship with Russia," said Bryan.

To: Walter Liu who wrote (6564)	12/17/1997 4:01:00 PM
From: Raymond	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Don't worry Walter! Halfrate is beeing delivered now for the European market.About dynamic TDMA channel allocation.Where was that promised and by whom?What I know that is not part of the GSM-standard.They have frequency hopping as a feature but no dynamic channel allocation. You mentioned that GSM was "extremely narrowband".If GSM wasn't to narrow it wouldn't be any reason to develop a 3:rd generation system would it? Maurice you continue to talk about WCDMA as a tactic to get a cheap license from QCOM.The facts are when ETSI decides on one standard It looks like it probably will be WCDMA.All Europa will use that standard.So if you still think that IS-95 will be sold in Europe in the cellular market you are dreaming.The operators are not giving any breaks to the manufacturers they want the best standard and that means WCDMA.You can take for example Airtouch.They were one of the first companys to implement IS-95.They own big parts of Mannesman in Germany and have a lot of the expertise in that company.Why do you think they support WCDMA.Mannesman is a german company.It must be tuff for them not to support the Siemens proposal. So it is not a tactical game.The vote in ETSI will decide the future for all the countrys that has implemented GSM and the ones that are thinking about it/R