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To: Ruffian who wrote (18178)	11/11/1998 2:01:00 AM
From: Bux	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

This is getting funny: Bo Hedfors, the president of Ericsson's U.S. subsidiary, says: "If a customer wants CDMA equipment, we will deny that request." A mistake? Not if TDMA can gain a market share advantage over CDMA, much as IBM did in its war against Apple. However, once the IBM format gained a slight edge in the marketplace, it all but exterminated the rival. It didn't matter that for years Apple had the technically superior operating system. Yeah, but Apple didn't have MSFT supporting the hardware, IBM did.

To: Ruffian who wrote (18178)	11/11/1998 5:40:00 AM
From: Rajala	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Thanks Michael, the Forbes article was interesting. But... >Bo Hedfors, the president of Ericsson's U.S. subsidiary, >says: "If a customer wants CDMA equipment, we will >deny that request." A mistake? Not if TDMA can gain a >market share advantage over CDMA, much as IBM did in >its war against Apple. However, once the IBM format >gained a slight edge in the marketplace, it all but >exterminated the rival. It didn't matter that for years Apple >had the technically superior operating system. So it is not "a mistake" if TDMA can gain a market share advantage over CDMA? Does the author of this article know anything? Lets face the facts: the number of users with one of the TDMA systems, GSM, is now +100M. CDMA1 subscriber figure is below 20M. Does this, or does this not represent "market share advantage"? I think the main rallying line "fastest growing wireless technology" should be adhered to. Moronic, yes, but at least there's some truth in it. Although even the comatose WLL concept, with its 250 subscriber base rapidly tripling in Krassnojarsk will eventually surpass CDMA1 in this title fight. - rajala