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To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15032)	9/15/1998 9:30:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Thanks Gregg. Regarding Samsung phones. Earlier I posted a note that a Sprint sales rep told me that the Samsung phones have the highest connection rate of any phone on the Sprint system. I have since been told that the reason is that the power is turned up on the Samsung phone, so it also produces noise and takes up bandwidth thereby taking up more than its share of capacity on the Sprint system. Since Sprint seems to favor selling the Samsung phone because it is cheaper, it sounds to me like another reason why Sprint's system won't get any better anytime in the near future but only worse even though Sprint is still upgrading its system.

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15032)	9/17/1998 2:31:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Gregg, What do make of the Intel IPR case, per Senator Hatch. Do you think in any way a precedent might be on the horizon? Home - Yahoo! - Help [ Business \| US Market \| By Industry \| IPO \| AP \| S&P \| International \| PRNews \| BizWire ] Thursday September 17, 2:06 pm Eastern Time Hatch advises FTC to be careful on Intel case WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission needs to be ''careful'' as it pursues Intel Corp (Nasdaq:INTC - news). for alleged violations of antitrust law. Hatch, a Utah Republican, dwelled mostly on potential violations of antitrust law by Microsoft Corp. in a speech to a conference sponsored by Summit Magazine. Hatch has been a strong defender of the Justice Department's pursuit of Microsoft for alleged violations of antitrust law. But he took a different tack on Intel Corp., the world's largest producer of microprocessors for personal computers. Most personal computers use Microsoft's software and Intel's chips. Hatch said that there is a tension between intellectual property rights and antitrust law which is ''at the heart of the FTC's current Intel case.'' On June 8 the FTC alleged that Intel had violated antitrust law by denying three of its customers -- Digital Equipment Corp., Intergraph Corp (Nasdaq:INGR - news) and Compaq Computer Corp (NYSE:CPQ - news) -- technical information they needed to develop computer systems based on Intel microprocessors. The FTC alleged that when the three tried to enforce their patents, Intel ''retaliated by cutting off the necessary technical information and threatening to cut off the supply of microprocessors.'' The FTC said Intel holds a monopoly on microprocessors for PCs, while Intel said it does not. Hatch cautioned that the ''FTC and antitrust enforcers generally should be rather certain that any effort to enforce intellectual property rights both is intended to and actually will injure competition in a significant way, before concluding that it represents monopolistic behavior.'' The Intel case is set to be heard before an administrative law judge early next year. An FTC spokeswoman had no comments on Hatch's remarks. More Quotes and News: Compaq Computer Corp (NYSE:CPQ - news) Intel Corp (Nasdaq:INTC - news) Intergraph Corp (Nasdaq:INGR - news) Related News Categories: US Market News Help Copyright c 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information. Questions or Comments? Regards, Michael