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To: DaveMG who wrote (20248)	12/22/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: limtex	Respond to of 152472

DMG - Did you notice that NOK.A just made a massive new investment in its German manufacturing plant? ....anything and evrything Regards, L

To: DaveMG who wrote (20248)	12/22/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

DaveMG - WCDMA isn't really a hybrid in the sense that I think you mean, but it is backwards compatible with the GSM network interface (GSM-MAP). This backwards compatibility does not to my knowledge significantly affect the performance. It is the air interface which is the limiting factor. But you do bring up a good question: what network interfaces does PHS use, and how is NTT going to integrate the 3g system into their own? I suspect that they won't integrate them; they'll just have two parallel systems and slowly phase out the PHS system. Clark

To: DaveMG who wrote (20248)	12/22/1998 11:33:00 AM
From: Bux	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

>Isn't WCDMA a hybrid GSM/cdma network, as opposed to CDMAone? Doesn't GSM use TDMA? Or have I got this all wrong?< It looks like the spin doctors have been very effective. GSM is a pure TDMA system and WCDMA is a pure CDMA system. It's actually not that much different from CDMA2000 on the air interface side (which is all CDMA and TDMA refer to). The WCDMA camp continues to portray WCDMA as a hybrid GSM/CDMA network but I think it is no more so than the Q's CDMA GSM overlay.