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To: gdichaz who wrote (14292)	8/29/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Chaz - What is the excuse now for artificail barriers against CDMA One and its next generation backward compatible offspring? Although Maurice will flay me alive for saying it, I don't necessaily believe that there aren't occasions when government regulation is a good thing. In the Europe/GSM case it put them on the map in telecom. If they want to continue the policy in the next generation, that's fine with me. But as with most major decisions there is a downside. The next technology is something that they must get from Qualcomm and that is to some degree a direct result of their policies. Too bad for them <g>. I don't object in the slightest if they want to continue the single standard throughout Europe policy in an effort to: 1) Provide cross-border roaming 2) Provide for manufacturing efficiency of scale. But I do object when they pick as that standard one that arbitrarily set parameters so as to reduce the advantage of foreign competition who legitimately have an advantage on the next generation technology. (Note - Most European countries just recently signed a GATT agreement to treat outside telecom vendors the same as inside vendors.) Clark