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To: DaveMG who wrote (1270)	12/20/1998 1:46:00 PM
From: kech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Great questions Dave i>Who has the most to lose in a court battle?< Along with your points about how NTT will feel with DDI/DDO offering plenty of capacity at low prices as well expanded data or CDMA2000 in Japan really soon. I couldn't help but think about McCaw, now ATT as it was trying to decide whether to wait for CDMA or go with TDMA. This was around 93-94 and competitors like SBC and Bell South were tuning up digital TDMA in markets like LA, Washington DC and Chicago. It had to decide what kind of technology choice to make. It was uncertain how long CDMA would take to become available. Capacity was constrained in analog. McCaw decided not to wait. (In part because they wanted to pursue the national footprint idea and ATT was willing to buy them because they were an early mover with this idea - now it is very successful in US and Sprint PCS is finally giving them tough competition with national roaming one price plan). I would venture to suggest that this little bit of history would suggest that NTT will follow McCAW/ATT and not wait for W-CDMA.