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To: Asterisk who wrote (7708)	1/29/1998 3:50:00 AM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Let's get some factas straight here. You bet your ass Nokia/Ericsson proposal will be compatible with GSM and offer easy way to upgrade to those operators that have already an installed base of GSM. That is why this proposal has been embraced by almost all operators who have voiced their opinion both in Europe and in Asia. And that is why this proposal is dangerous to Motorola: it will have to compete with the Nordic creators of the standard whent the implementation starts and that will probably leave it biting dust, as happened with GSM. Moreover: ETSI will decide on a common standard. There is no doubt about that. Right now the dilemma is whether that common standard will be the Nokia/Ericsson proposal or the Nokia/Ericsson proposal with some minor modifications done to appease the Siemens/Alcatel block. There is too much momentum for the N/E proposal to it to lose at this stage. And perhaps the most important point; a common standard will foster competition, not impair it. Come to Europe and visit the electronics stores displaying GSM phones from over twenty different manufacturers from all over the world. This is a victory of free market place competition. Phones that weigh under 100 grams, phones with color displays, phones with infrared connectivity to printers and computers, phones with 10 hour talk time, phones with five lines of text in display, phones that open up to small handheld computers. This unheard of cornucopia of choice and variety was made possible by a common standard. Consumers win big time. Unlike in some countries where fragmentation among several competing standards hamper growth and development, confuse customers and hamstring companies. The downfall of the once mighty Motorola was the undeveloped US market that remained hung up on analog systems long since Europe had entered the digital age. And now the theory is that a common standard is detrimental? Why don't you ask some European customers who actually have experience of the matter. Sincerely, Tero