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To: gdichaz who wrote (14961)	9/13/1998 4:04:00 PM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Was this posted? TELECOMS: KDD SET TO BACK CDMA2000 08/05/98 Network Briefing Full Text Japan's Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co (KDD) may be set to add its weight to the equipment vendors and carriers backing the cdma2000, third generation wireless technology. KDD, Japan's former monopoly international carrier, will begin testing US developed cdma2000 in March 1999, according to sources quoted in Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun. KDD plans to begin testing a prototype system using the North American CDMA2000 standard for core cellular phone equipment next spring. The shift to cdma2000 comes just a month into the company's trials of wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) systems. WCDMA is the next generation standard accepted by European standards body ESTI earlier this year. The standard is backed backed by European vendors Nokia Oy and LM Telefon Ericsson AG as well as Japanese carrier NTT Corp. Should KDD opt for the US cdma2000 technology it will be a blow to the European initiative, which has faced strong criticism in the US for not being backward compatible with cdmaOne and PCS systems already prevalent across the country. KDD says its will enter the advanced cellular phone business in fiscal 2000. KDD is expected to join with Toyota Motor Corp affiliation Nippon Idou Tsushin Corp in order to win one of the three available licenses for third-generation mobile services when they become available from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Toyota is a strong advocate of the US standard. (c) ComputerWire Inc, 1998. COPYRIGHT 1998 ComputerWire Inc. cma.zdnet.com