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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (13822)	8/17/1998 6:37:00 AM
From: John Cuthbertson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Mqurice, The handset power is indeed a distinguishing feature between PCS and cellular. In fact, this is written into the FCC regulations that define the two types of service. Cellular handsets are allowed up to 7 Watts of radiated power, PCS handsets are limited to 2 W. You are correct that the wavelength will affect the absorption of the RF signal by solid obstacles, but actually the factor of 2.5 difference between 800 and 1900 MHz wouldn't make very much difference in that respect. (Besides, in some places the PCS band could be in a lower frequency range than cellular.) On the immigration question, you wrote: "if Qualcomm and the USA won't, Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel, NEC, Fujitsu, Samsung etc will!" Not! How many immigrants does Japan take in each year? A bare handful. And in the EU countries, it is very difficult to get a permanent job if you are not a European (the exception being Britain if you are immigrating from somewhere in the Commonwealth). I agree that being able to attract talented people from abroad is a good thing, but like most good things you can have too much of it. This is an area where competing interests must be balanced. Good night, ==John

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (13822)	8/17/1998 8:02:00 AM
From: limtex	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

Maurice - Well here we are agian ..another day and another 2% drop in Europe. They're worried about China next but first they're worried about the President and what he'll say this afternoon. I thought it was supposed to be totally confidential in a Grand Jury. Still with all that and guess what they're not happy about Russia even now. Next worry id apparently Friday afternoon when Mr Yeltsin has go and get his Parliament to do something or other. With all this lot this morning we could see a near 500 drop on the Dow today and another bout of Euro drops following it tomorrow morning nad heaven knows what godforsaken country is going to have thenext problem that the market will start worrying about and is worth another 1.5% - 2% Euro drop followed by another Dow plunge etc etc etc. Of course the Q has sales in Russia and so I suppose we'll be in the $40's agian this morning. What no earth is the point of continuing this madness. Isn't it better to get out now and save what you've got? Regards, L