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To: DaveMG who wrote (14802)	9/10/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

all... Fixed Wireless Terminals Provide Affordable Solution to 3rd World Telephone Shortage FT. WORTH, Texas, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ask an American if they have ever heard of or seen a Fixed Wireless Terminal (FWT) and you'll probably get a blank stare. Yet in some countries where people wait literally years for a telephone of their own, FWTs are poised as the newest household appliance. FWTs are radio transceivers about the size of a hardcover book that are used to connect traditional telephones to wireless networks in places where there is no conventional telephone infrastructure. In India, for example, plans are under way to connect 50,000 people to a wireless telephone network. Motorola, Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG) is building 50,000 FWTs here at its Fort Worth, Texas manufacturing facility for Tata Lucent Technologies, Ltd. of India, a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and Lucent Technologies. The devices -- the Motorola CIG CDMA WiLL(R) 800SC FWT -- will be used to connect Tata Teleservices customers to Tata Lucent 800 Mhz CDMA wireless systems in Hyderabad and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh initially and eventually throughout all of Andhra Pradesh. CDMA, or code division multiple access, is a digital wireless technology used globally by more than 13 million subscribers. Each FWT has a modular jack that accepts any standard or cordless telephone, plus a small antenna that connects the caller to a wireless network similar to a cellular telephone system, minus one primary trait: mobility. And because cellular and other wireless networks do not have dial tone, the FWT produces a dial tone each time the caller lifts the handset from the telephone cradle. The 800SC FWTs provide an economically attractive, wireline-quality alternative to wireline infrastructure. In addition maintenance costs are held in check by Motorola CIG technology that allows for remote, wireless equipment diagnostics and downloads of operational software. In addition, Motorola CIG's 800SCs are impervious to the wide fluctuations in voltage input typically found in many parts of the world. Motorola is a global leader in software-energized wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Motorola creates cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging, data and satellite communications systems and products that enable people to take their worlds with them. Motorola's embedded semiconductors are essential digital building blocks for consumer, networking and computing, transportation and wireless communications markets. Other businesses include automotive electronics, components, computing and energy products. Sales in 1997 were $29.8 billion. For more information on Motorola CIG, please visit our web site at: mot.com. SOURCE: Motorola Cellular Infrastructure Group

To: DaveMG who wrote (14802)	9/10/1998 12:17:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Dave, I don't know if the current downdraft has ran its course. My guess is no. Like I have stated before, forget about all the noise. The bottom line is how each one of these events affect revenue and earnings. In a couple of short weeks, we will get a preview via warnings. In a month, we will definitely see the big picture. With the market on its edge already, all it takes is a little breeze to push it over. As an example, what if one of the boxmakers come out and say the PC sales is slowing. That will push down DELL, MSFT and INTC. These three can sink the Nasdaq. Ramsey