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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (1150)	11/6/1998 2:31:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 34857

Mika, although the Korean government required the local companies to use cdmaOne instead of GSM, it doesn't occur to you that it wasn't their intention to destroy their telecommunications industry. They selected cdmaOne despite the onerous royalties which they signed up for. They could have chosen the world of GSM but they didn't. So even Korea's was a free market choice in favour of cdmaOne. It was a state decision to create a home based technology to enable massive exports. When Europe required their telecommunications companies to use GSM, there was no cdmaOne to choose, so that is a different kettle of fish. You say this global standard is funny, as though it is not a good product and GSM is better. Perhaps you don't understand that mobile telecommunications are heading towards a global convergence on cdma2000, which is derived from cdmaOne. Europe has moved beyond the idea of a Europe wide standard, GSM, to a trade protectionist dependence on it. They won't allow cdmaOne to be set up in opposition. See if you can guess why! As a hint, it isn't to benefit the mobile subscribers of Europe. Who else do you think might benefit from the feudal approach they are taking? Maurice