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To: mrknowitall who wrote (11004)	6/1/1998 3:33:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Bullwinkle, Your right, the differences between time division and code division are complete. Also, the economic reality of CDMA/GSM/AMPS operation in North America is quite daunting. However, looking down the road, isn't there an opportunity here. There is a tremendous amount of GSM equipment installed throughout the world. If CDMA (W or one) is the most efficient air interface, isn't it quite likely that it will be used in the most densely populated areas. If and when this happens in GSM Land, what does one do with the equipment that is being replaced? Obviously, one answer is to continue using the networks with overlay equipment. Wouldn't another possibility be to redeploy the networks to other (less dense) service areas? Isn't this what happened to all the old metropolitan based AMPS equipment? I just find it interesting that Motorola has efforts underway to making GSM more efficient in rural settings and both Qualcomm and Ericsson have efforts to integrate GSM with a cdma air interface. Why not a GSM/CDMA phone down the road? Clark, I would still be interested in your specific technical bent to this challenging opportunity. Pierre, You may wish to tighten your ankle bracelets with Ramsey in Telerude and Doug recontemplating the Korean Peninsulian Effort.