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To: bananawind who wrote (9698)	4/6/1998 3:36:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

Bell Atlantic pushing analog to digital switch with $ incentives in one of the biggest markets in the country. Bell Atlantic Mobile Expands Digital Wireless Phone Service New, Lower Priced Service Plans Now Available Most Advance Technology Arrives in Danbury and Waterbury Along I84 WALLINGFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998-- Bell Atlantic Mobile announced today that it has expanded digital wireless phone service in Danbury and Waterbury along the I84 corridor to the New York State border and has made its service more affordable by lowering per minute rates by up to 20 percent on digital plans. The service, called DigitalChoice(SM), allows customers to make and receive calls, answer pages, receive voice mail and know who is calling -- all while providing increased call reliability, greater voice clarity, enhanced privacy, and extended portable phone battery life. Customers can use their digital phones virtually anywhere in the United States because Bell Atlantic Mobile wireless service works on both analog (traditional cellular) and compatible digital networks. ''We've distinguished ourselves from the competition by building the most expansive, high quality digital network in the Northeast,'' said Bob Stott, president of the Northeast Region of Bell Atlantic Mobile.''We've also re-aligned our pricing structure to encourage current analog customers to convert to digital and for new customers to choose digital. If consumers were hesitant before, there's no reason to be now. We've made digital more affordable for all consumers.'' The new digital service offering includes: Five DigitalChoice price plans which range from $19.99 per month with 20 included minutes of home airtime to $149.99 for 1300 included home airtime minutes (over 21 hours). All plans include first incoming local minute free, voice mail, Caller ID, message waiting indicator, call waiting, call forwarding and three-way calling at no additional charge. Digital phones may be rented for $5.00 per month under one-year service agreement, in addition to existing purchase options. A new Traveler Option for an additional $5.00 per month provides access for a nationwide roaming airtime rate of $0.50 per minute. Mobile-to-mobile service, which offers unlimited airtime for customers who communicate frequently with other digital phone users on the Bell Atlantic Mobile network; now an additional $10.00 a month. On price plans starting at $49.99 per month, customers will receive an expanded home rate that includes CT, MA, RI, NH, VT and Upstate NY plus NY Metro. Bell Atlantic Mobile bases DigitalChoice on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology and is the industry leader in deploying CDMA service. This ''next generation'' wireless technology greatly reduces static and crosstalk and uses a unique noise suppression technique that improves voice quality. It also allows for greater call capacity on Bell Atlantic Mobile's network. For more information, call 1-800-255-BELL. Bell Atlantic Mobile is the largest wireless service provider on the East Coast and the second largest in the United States. The company owns and operates the most extensive network in the east, covering 111,000 square miles, and the largest chain of wireless retail outlets offering a full range of wireless personal communications services, including voice, data and paging. Based in Bedminster, NJ, Bell Atlantic Mobile has more than 5 million customers and 7,000 employees in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, Southeast and, through a separate subsidiary, in the Southwest. Through its ''Wireless at Work...'' community relations program, which includes HopeLine voice mail service, Bell Atlantic Mobile uses its wireless technology to help individuals and communities improve security and emergency communications. Contact: Bell Atlantic Mobile Chuck Murphy, (203) 269-8858 OR Mason & Madison, Inc. Lynn Luczkowski, (203) 393-1101

To: bananawind who wrote (9698)	4/6/1998 3:40:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

cdmaOne Emerges as Leading Wireless Technology for China Marketplace COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--Indicating clear acceptance of cdmaOne technology for the Chinese wireless market, The CDMA Development Group (CDG) Monday announced the conclusion of its highly successful 1998 China CDMA International Summit and Wideband cdmaOne Forum. Both events, attended by more than 1,000 delegates, were held on March 23-26 at the China World Hotel in Beijing. ''The high attendance level at the Wideband cdmaOne Forum and China CDMA International Summit is indicative of the growing acceptance of cdmaOne and demonstrates significant opportunities throughout China for cdmaOne operators and manufacturers. As we have seen over the past year, cdmaOne cellular systems have been tremendously successful in major Chinese cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xi'an,'' said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. ''In addition, Chinese officials expressed keen interest in the progress of third generation (3G) cdmaOne technology, and the CDG looks forward to working closely with the Chinese telecommunications community to continue these discussions.'' The growing acceptance of cdmaOne at the China CDMA International Summit was clearly reflected in the very positive attitudes toward the technology expressed by Yang Qianli, Chief Engineer for China CECEC and chairman of Day One at the Summit, and Chang Xiaobing, deputy director general of China Telecom, MPT, who delivered the opening address. In addition, He Fuqi, director general for the Office of the State Radio Regulatory Commission, praised the spectral efficiency of cdmaOne, which provides superior subscriber capability to meet long-term demands for wireless services. Managers of the cdmaOne cellular trial systems now in operation in China reported the same high levels of performance other cdmaOne systems have demonstrated worldwide. Sun Han, Chief Engineer of the cdmaOne 800Mhz cellular network operated by Beijing Telecom, reported call completion rates of 97% and dropped call rates of less than 2%. The system also demonstrated successful ''soft'' handoff completion rates of more than 99.7%. The Beijing network currently has a capacity of 45,000 subscribers and 31 cell sites, but it is expected to expand to 540,000 subscribers and 120 cell sites by the end of the year 2000. The chief engineer of the cdmaOne cellular trial system in the city of Xi'an, Shang Ya Hui, reported call completion rates of 99.4%. The Xi'an system has a current capacity of 13,200 subscribers using 12 cell sites. At the Wideband cdmaOne Forum, leading cdmaOne operators and manufacturers presented a comprehensive update on the next generation development of cdmaOne wireless technology to representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, as well as Chinese wireless network operators and telecommunications research institutes. The international partnership working to develop Wideband cdmaOne was clearly demonstrated in the roster of speakers at the Forum. Brian O'Shaughnessy, vice president of technology development for Bell Mobility of Canada, and Tadashi Onodera, executive vice president of Japan's DDI Corp., reflected the high level of operator participation in Wideband cdmaOne development efforts. Representatives from leading cdmaOne manufacturers included Dr. Soo Young Chai, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Samsung Electronics; Dr. Minsoo Suk, senior vice president for research and development at Hyundai Electronics Industries; Anil Kripalani, senior vice president of global standards development for QUALCOMM Inc.; John Marinho, director for wireless standards development at Lucent Technologies; Dr. Ching Chuang, chief technologist for Motorola, China; and Doug McGregor, director of CDMA product line management for Nortel. The CDMA Development Group is a non-profit trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of cdmaOne. The 100 member companies of the CDG include many of the world's largest wireless operators and equipment manufacturers. The primary activities of the CDG include development of cdmaOne features and services, public relations, education and seminars, regulatory affairs and international support. Currently, there are more than 500 individuals working within various CDG subcommittees on cdmaOne- related matters. For more information about the CDG, contact Christine Bock of the CDG News Bureau at 714/540-1030, ext. 11; chrisbock@bockpr.com; or visit the CDG website at cdg.org. Note to Editors: cdmaOne is a registered trademark of the CDMA Development Group. Contact: CDG News Bureau Christine Bock, Valerie Christopherson, 714/540-1030 chrisbock@bockpr.com

To: bananawind who wrote (9698)	4/6/1998 3:58:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

So, BCE Inc are first to buy some cdmaOne Korean business. Nothing announced from Qualcomm yet and maybe they were only considering Hansol. The Fed is printing, the flush North American companies can go shopping and have obviously figured out that if they can find synergy, there are some super duper firesale bargains over there. As you say, the orders for cdmaOne handsets won't be held up for lack of working capital. Lack of orders from unemployed subscribers remains a risk, but I'd rather be selling cellphones than luxury goods in South Korea. Meanwhile, Sony is playing heavy hitting politics - telling the Japanese politicians to deregulate, open the economy to free trade and allow people to get moving. Now if only Irwin tells Al Gore to tell Bill Clinton to open the USA economy to free trade things could really look up. I know, I know, you all think the USA is the free trade zone of the world. Hahaha!! Meat quotas, ethanol subsidies, mucking around with Nafta, Gatt and descendants. Don't even bother attending those jamborees. Just do unilateral free trade - tell them you surrender and damn it all, okay, all the foreigners can sell stuff in USA even though they don't let Americans sell stuff in return. They won't understand that you get lots of lovely goodies made in Mexico, China or Vietnam for really cheap, they get to keep USA dollars, which they refuse to spend, presumably stuffing them in a mattress or lending to a bank. If they don't spend the USA dollars, you don't even have to go to work to make goods for them in return. Just print more dollars the following year and keep right on shopping. What a great rort! All the silly foreigners collecting USA dollars and not spending them. How many has Japan got now? Must be in the trillions. Dollars [and other money] should be treated as though they are radioactive - don't keep them in your pocket too long or get burned and they'll turn to worthless lead. Why do they have to stop printing someday qdog? It's been going a long time now. Starting about Independence Day. It really got underway once the link to gold was abandoned. Now even gold is being abandoned as people get bored looking at it sitting in a vault doing nothing. "Hey, let's dig up gold in South Africa, cart it over to the USA and bury it in a vault in New York. Then spend millions guarding it forever". Wouldn't it be easier to just leave it in the ground in the first place if it isn't going to be used for something? Now that is slightly off topic, but is some underpinning of why the Dow will just carry on up as people continue to abandon money and Qualcomm will continue to do well, sitting there with an 8,9,10 or 11 figure stash freshly printed by Alan G, ready to go shopping in China, Korea, Japan, Mexico or wherever. Hey, how about New Zealand? Mqurice PS: TDMA continuing okay. Do many of you know that Irwin, Andrew Viterbi and co were instrumental in establishing TDMA with their Linkabit company? Which they sold to move on a develop the much better cdmaOne.