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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (15787)	9/30/1998 12:01:00 PM
From: Greg B.	Respond to of 152472

Tero, Maybe no valid reasons... perhaps just venal reasons. If W-CDMA is not compatible with IS-95, the American GSM operators will gain a substantial advantage when W-CDMA is rolled out worldwide. They can upgrade, current American CDMA operators can't. Of course there is a possibility that Ericsson and Nokia are actually telling the truth: the efficiency of W-CDMA will really be hurt if it is forced to be compatible with IS-95, for which it was not designed in the first place. Well, I think you just validated the argument as to why the U.S. Government should get involved in these matters. Discrimination, trade barriers, non-competitive practices, etc. I have not seen "really hurt" quantified in the trade press or at the ETSI site. Please direct me to a link/source? I remember that the unsubstantiated claims were characterized as a "slap in the face" to the talented engineers who developed a reasonable and workable compromise. Fortunately, we are not talking about only CDMA operators based in America. And some of the "American CDMA operators" happen to be multi-nationals as well. Regards, Greg B.