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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (937)	8/30/1998 7:55:00 AM
From: Rono	Respond to of 34857

HYBRID IDEN HANDSET TO ENABLE USE OF GSM, DIGITAL SMR From WIRELESS TODAY, August 28 Look for Motorola Inc. [MOT] to bridge the gap between cellular and SMR technologies. No, this doesn't imply that Motorola has managed a breakthrough in air interfaces. Rather, the company is close to showing concrete results in its efforts to build GSM and digital SMR into a new type of dual-mode handset. Motorola executives have hinted at such product development efforts in the past, but Toronto Dominion Securities analyst Brian Coleman said the debut of such a handset is now just months away. In the process, Motorola will be exploiting to the hilt the predominant market position it holds in the digital SMR market, courtesy of the company's iDEN technology. Coleman, writing on the outlook for Nextel Communications Inc. [NXTL] in a research note to clients this week, said Nextel management has indicated that supplies of iDEN handsets with a GSM capability are expected to become available during the first half of 1999 or earlier. According to Coleman, Nextel has locked up some 35 roaming agreements with GSM carriers, putting it in a position to generate both inbound and outbound calling traffic via a single-number service. "By offering international roaming, Nextel should enhance its appeal among high-usage international travelers and realize additional revenues from customers of foreign carriers who roam onto its network," the analyst said. Besides developing the GSM-enabled handset, Motorola has been busy delivering commercial quantities of its new i1000 phone to Nextel. Described by Coleman as a "StarTAC- like" offering, the new iDEN handset is geared to appeal to white- collar business segment of the U.S. market