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To: Rajala who wrote (18543)	11/19/1998 2:28:00 AM
From: brian h	Respond to of 152472

Rajala, Ask yourself if you can say the same things when CDMA was the first to the market instead of trailing to GSM or TDMA in deployment time frame. Your points become pointless when all countries saw CDMA's opportunity vs. GSM's and TDMA's about the same time when they decided to go the 2nd generation systems to replace the 1st generation analog system. Are you sure about your claims? Brian H. Ps. I suggest all of us giving up NOKIA, ERICY and QCOM. Buy my old favorite YHOO. Then we do not have to debate anymore! We will be all happy.

To: Rajala who wrote (18543)	11/19/1998 2:39:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 152472

Rajala - Why Europe happens to lead US in the telecom sector is not so much attributable to European competitiveness but to two el stupido mistakes the US made: 1) US did allow for many standards (=> Europeans didn't and got the world standard PLUS a lot of benefits for the user, such as national and international roaming etc.) I agree. Mandated open systems really encourage manufacturing efficiency and cost savings, but the downside is that they discourage investment in completely new technologies. Hence Europe's being behind in CDMA. Flip sides of the same coin. I wouldn't expect European companies to give up their manufacturing efficiencies, but neither would I expect the US companies to give up their R&D capital. Clark

To: Rajala who wrote (18543)	11/19/1998 2:52:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Rajala, Europe didn't get the world standard. There is no world standard. There are many wireless methods. GSM is one of many and its days are numbered according to L M Ericsson, Nokia, DoCoMo and others who have stated they will move to a CDMA mobile method. The USA allowing many methods enabled CDMA to develop. You say the bidding policy was brainless and there is some support for that idea when you look at the C-block bidding where minorities, women and small companies were supposed to be favoured. The definition of 'minority' would be funny. Similarly, the idea that women are crippled is amusing. And small companies should have no preference over large - again some weird Robin Hood syndrome where big is somehow supposed to be bad. We still pretend women and Maoris in New Zealand are somehow crippled. But we have a woman Prime Minister, a woman Leader of the Opposition, a woman joint leader of the Alliance party, a woman Mayor of the largest city, women judges, a woman was the previous Governor General. And they are anywhere else they can be bothered making the effort to do something useful. Same for Maoris. Governor General on down. Deputy Prime Minister etc and anywhere they can be bothered being. Actually, Maoris are now a specially endowed human species with special privileges - though as always with such ideas, the definition and identification is getting tricky. We Pakeha will have to wear a star on our sleeve or number tattooed on our forehead at birth or something so that officals can know we are second class. Supporting small companies seems pointless too. Microsoft, Apple, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, QUALCOMM and others were small companies not long ago but required no government support. If there is substantial economic advantage in National footprints, Primeco type agreements or mergers and acquisitions could soon take care of that. No doubt they'll happen. Mqurice PS: Even more off topic - Limtex, it was on CNN etc that B-52s were on the way. Even Saddam could work out that it would take about 6 hours to start dropping bombs. No secrets there. Jeff, fair enough comment that it is easy for armchair experts to volunteer other people's services. But we do hire military people to do the military work. That's their job. Also, the job of the UN was originally to enforce peace but it became a toothless body which hands out food parcels to the victims of the thugs of the world; standing by while massacres in ex Yugoslavia took place for example. Also, you misread my comments in which I pointed out that many oil interests in the west wouldn't like the suggestion of peace in Iraq and wide open oil exports because of the big price drop which would occur. Which would be good for oil users unless they fear CO2 in the air. Since you made a snide remark about little dogs yapping, I'll point out that New Zealand was in the second world war fighting Hitler's army in Africa while the USA stayed home at base until forced into the war by Japan. Small is in the mind. Power is in individuals. Big no longer represents power automatically [if it ever really did]. Also, national boundaries are blurring. Did you actually find something wrong with the suggestion for Iraq?

To: Rajala who wrote (18543)	11/19/1998 8:01:00 AM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Credibility is earned through truth, and honesty. There are many poster's on this thread who for year's have dismissed rumor, and innuendo. Despite so called expert's like Frezza and tero these people have clarified the reality from the rhetoric. These poster's are biased. The openly admit it often. However what they say usially occur's, thus they are believed when they speak. They also admit their interest in QCOM, and what their investement situation is. Im curious Rajala do you own Ericy stock? or NOKIA? Do you work for a European Tech company? Are you an engineer, a banker, a postal worker? What's your agenda? Your un-suported position's, and combatitive style are irritating. Why are you posting here? If we are all wrong we will lose are money we dont need you to insult, and inform us. Many of us keep informed of what really is going on with QCOM. We do not need Gregg or anyone else to rationalize are investement.