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To: JMD who wrote (13684)	8/13/1998 5:11:00 PM
From: Gregg Powers	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

Michael: What I can promise you is that I have let Qualcomm management know of my concerns over and over. I know that they are well aware of the potential threat, but being the kind of honest, above-board people that they are, it is not quite clear to them what they can do about it besides delivering improved financial results. For what it is worth, I did pass along Cabi's morning comment to QC's general counsel today. In my opinion, the misrepresentation in this "research" note borders on actionable. We shall see. Best regards, Gregg

To: JMD who wrote (13684)	8/13/1998 5:44:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Marginally interesting article on US cell phone service in WSJ today (page B1). The author(s) tried each of the available technologies around the NYC area and found: 1) GSM provided the highest quality service, but with the least coverage. 2) CDMA provided the best split between availability and sound quality. The problems with the sound quality were, in general, slightly worse for the person listening to the user of the cell phone, but the user of the cell phone had occasional echo problems. 3) TDMA (IS-136) provided mediocre sound quality with the same type of echo problems as for CDMA. They also had some of the same asymmetry problems in voice quality as CDMA (i.e. the listener to a user of a cell phone experienced a little worse quality.) Finally, TDMA was the only service mentioned to have a problem with dropping calls. 4) iDEN (Nextel) provides service only in major metro areas, and the sound quality is pretty poor. Clark PS Although the asymmetry in sound quality for CDMA doesn't surprise me, the same asymmetry for IS-136 is unexpected (and I would take it with a grain of salt). Does anyone know how much less capacity the reverse link for CDMA has than the forward link (if any - there are a few more services (e.g. pager) on the forward link that may take up the extra capacity, although I tend to doubt it since they are pretty narrow bandwidth.) I.e. The forward link has 20x Amps, but the reverse is only 17x?

To: JMD who wrote (13684)	8/14/1998 9:31:00 AM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Newsflash - Finland has no fjords. Neither has Sweden. Sardin sales are negligible as well. And we don't club baby seals either. It's those quirky fun-loving Norwegians. Good thing you pointed out you are not jingoist - you had me fooled there for a moment. Japan is the driving force behind W-CDMA and you cannot change this into a USA - Scandinavia grudge match by just repeating the claim. I know full well we would lose that fight. But having friends in Tokyo takes me through the night. Watashi wa biiru suki desu, Tero