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To: Ruffian who wrote (18928)	11/29/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 152472

Michael, that article was about right. I disagree with this bit though, "...their use has penetrated every layer of New Zealand society, with payment plans to suit everyone." That is an exaggeration. There are only Telecom and Vodafone networks, so competition is minimal. Prices per minute remain extorquerationately high. 600,000 people is 1:6 which is not a huge vote of confidence. cdmaOne is looming and sometime next year there might even be a cdmaOne network under way. Or three. Or five. Leap Wireless International Telstra Telecom Clear Saturn and maybe others are very likely to bid for spectrum or use existing spectrum and build cdmaOne networks in main centres, sharing facilities in other areas. New Zealand has low population density, even in cities, so cdmaOne is ideal. Globalstar will fill in the backblocks and yachtie needs. Maybe Leap will be a minute manufacturer as was planned by NextWave and wholesale those minutes to retailers. Mqurice