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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (1367)	2/27/1998 8:55:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Respond to of 5390

Thanks, Caxton. Do you follow or own any Zi (zicaf)?

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (1367)	3/3/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: DWB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5390

Everything not so rosy in CDMA land???? From the online WSJ... there is an article entitled: Cellular Operator DDI Says New Network Isn't Defective Starts off as follows... Japanese cellular operator DDI Corp. said the digital network it is buying from Motorola Inc. has had its share of teething problems, but isn't the same as the one reportedly scuttled for defects by an operator in the U.S. "There are always many problems before launching a new system, but we are solving them," said Takae Ohkuma, a spokeswoman for DDI. And ends as follows... It remains unclear just how different DDI's network is from PrimeCo's aborted one. Both are based on CDMA technology but have different radio frequencies. DDI's head of engineering couldn't be reached for an explanation. But another CDMA network owner offered some clues. Singapore cellular operator MobileOne (Asia) Pte. Ltd. uses a Motorola CDMA network, but from a later generation, according to MobileOne Chief Executive Neil Montefiore. He said MobileOne hasn't had any problems with the network so far. MobileOne has had a disappointing experience with CDMA for different reasons. After almost a year in business, MobileOne hasn't been able to start selling services on its CDMA network because attractive handsets haven't been available, Mr. Montefiore said. MobileOne also found that it had to install roughly 25% more CDMA base stations to cover Singapore than on its other network, which uses the global system for mobile communications standard. 25% more base stations??? I thought CDMA needed less base stations than GSM???? And this is from the operator, so don't tell me it's some GSM biased propaganda... DWB