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To: Srivaths Srinivasan who wrote (6574)	12/17/1997 3:52:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 152472

Re Europe and next generation CDMA flavor selection. Old habits die hard. Europe has a socialist state control tradition which is trying against the waves of open competition washing against the ancien regime to keep status quo - maximum state control (the European Common Market bureaucracy and national bureaucracies whenever possible) to avoid free worldwide competition and will not yield any foothold without a fight. Fortunately in this case there are some companies within Europe who want the opportunities real competition could bring. This is a skirmish in a war. The scandanavian cabal has power - lots of it - a huge installed base - and lots of experience with putting money directly into the hands of bureaucrats who "help". War may be lost in Europe due to these factors, but let's just see. The rest of the GSM world hasn't had any chance to weigh in on this yet. Perhaps QCOM will lose and lose badly in Europe - unlikely but possible - called shooting yourself in the foot. If so the rest of the world is open. Chaz

To: Srivaths Srinivasan who wrote (6574)	12/17/1997 5:37:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

Srivaths, I can't say I am an expert in the ETSI, however, I do remember reading (a thousand posting or so) that voting at the ETSI was weighted towards equipment vendors (i.e. Ericsson and Nokia). They contribute the most $ to the operation. You should not be surprised with this vote. It is early in the game. The real decision is 3 to 6 months into the future. This is the opening volley. IMO, Italy will be a key determinant in the chosen direction. There, cellular is everywhere. I am leaning towards the camp that think ERICY is using this as a way to get a better licence agreement with the Q. I put this vote in the same boat as the moto suits. As a side, I visited our local CDMA cellular supplier the other day to inquiry about the Q-Phone. They ordered $50M worth when they launch their service last November, I was told that the Q-phone was not available because of the moto lawsuit? When challenged about this statement, the sales person told me they got the information from the Qualcomm web site? Given all the moto advertising in the store, I returned later in the evening and got the same story from a different sales person. The good news is they had a Qualcomm dual mode (2700 I think) phone on display. Anyone, with info on the vodaphone trials?