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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (950)	9/2/1998 1:42:00 PM
From: Paul Shread	Respond to of 34857

Looks like your inheritance is growing. ;-)

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (950)	9/2/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

<< At least in San Diego and New York (that WSJ article) informal tests have given GSM the best marks. >> I remember the article differently - didn't it relate to the service, not the sound quality? In other words, if a consumer liked the GSM carrier's price plan better than one provided by a CDMA carrier, they gave the GSM plan high marks. Also, the quality of service and sound apparently varied by carrier more than by technology due to the infrastructure put in place by each carrier. To be honest, I doubt the consumer cares which technology is used, as long as the sound quality is acceptable (both are IMHO) and the service is predictable and reliable. Price and reliability are far more important than technology to consumers. As to adoption rates - all other things being equal, I'd guess that whoever achieves dominance in a market first will keep that dominance, regardless of the technology, unless a HUGE cost difference or quality difference is found.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (950)	9/3/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: Leif V Singman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Thanks for your extensive reply Tero, and thanks also for Clark's and jb's comments. Tero's views pretty much reinforces my own beliefs. The following just arrived via email. I thought it pertinent to our discussion. Subj: Clarification of statement in Nikkei Newspaper Date: 98-09-03 11:20:51 EDT From: majordom@www.ericsson.nl Sender: owner-press-releases@mailbase.ericsson.se Reply-to: pressmailer@mailbase.ericsson.se To: press-releases@mailbase.ericsson.se Clarification of statement in Nikkei Newspaper Clarification regarding a statement by Ericsson CEO Sven-Christer Nilsson that was incorrectly represented in an interview published in Nikkei Newspaper, Japan. In response to a question about whether Ericsson is willing to pay royalties to the American company Qualcomm, Sven-Christer Nilsson stated that Ericsson always is prepared to pay compensation for valid intellectual property rights based on reasonable terms and that, similarly, Ericsson expects respect and compensation for its IPR's. Sven-Christer Nilsson is an optimist and therefore hopes that Ericsson can reach an amicable solution both for the standards and the IPR issue in further talks. This clarification should be seen in the light of the fact that, despite thorough investigation, Ericsson has found no reason to believe that ETSI's present WCDMA standard would infringe upon any valid IPR's claimed by Qualcomm.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (950)	9/8/1998 7:03:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 34857

Tero, When do you think that all the CDMA'rs (ERICY, QCOM et all) will become enlightened with your brilliance and start abandoning their R&D efforts in favour of a real winner? Continuation of such a massive capital and manpower wastage could very well cause a serious world wide recession. Thankfully, in the Great White North, we have an abundance of tooth picks, small black rocks, hog fodder and gaseous au natural. Not quite a Simmonds Beauty Rest, but a solid, just-in-case, catafalque. We sure live in a weird world !!! Are you a Mixed up Mother Goose or what? nf