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To: freak.monster1 who wrote (19754)	12/15/1998 10:40:00 AM
From: Raymond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

sanjay! "But I am not sure what is the larger point you are making. Is it that convergence is technically impossible? Or that it is simply undesirable? I think it is technically feasible (yes, standardization will be nightmare, but in my opinion extremely valuable). Desirablity of course is strongly dependent on your perspective. I would say wherever there has been only one standard (music CD) in the consumer" I agree with you that it is possible to have one standard that is compatible to both IS-41 and GSM.My point is only that it might take to much work,resources and money to make that happen.Remember that it should still be possible for 2 generation IS-95,TDMA and GSM mobiles to access the same networks.The operators don't want to throw out their old core network equipment when the 3 generation system comes. But it's possible of course.It's just software/R