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To: P2V who wrote (2573)	1/19/1999
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FWIW -- A review of Omnipoints agreement with Ericsson, IE "locator equipment" , to be used with USA 911 Emergency Telephone Calls. Tero believes that Omnipoint may be a buyout candidate. I asked this before -- Is this a future "pearl" (for Ericy's string of pearl policy) ?? Under the proposed agreement, Ericsson and Omnipoint Technologies will begin joint development of radio base station equipment to be used to enable GSM systems to provide highly accurate mobile location and positioning services. The joint project will initially be focused on developing location- based services for PCS-1900 systems in the North American GSM market. The jointly developed system will be available in time to meet the year 2001 FCC mandate for locating a 911 caller within 125 meters of the callers' position at least 2/3 of the time. The system will also increase operator revenues by enabling enhanced location based services such as location-specific traffic reports, concierge services, and promotional messages. ''The real value to the consumer using location services is an easier, better and safer life for themselves and their families'', says Per-Arne Sandstroem, Executive Vice President of Ericsson Radio Systems, ''increasing the already high value of GSM networks''. The jointly developed products will connect to both Ericsson and other GSM-based networks to enable identification and positioning of existing handsets using the newly established standard developed within US ANSI Committee T1P1. Mr. Sandstroem adds, ''Omnipoint Technologies is an ideal partner for Ericsson, bringing both the radio engineering and systems integration expertise needed to develop and optimize systems performance.'' Kjell S. Andersson, President of Omnipoint Technologies, Inc. said, ''We are delighted to have Ericsson as a partner as we continue to establish ourselves as a solutions provider in the global GSM marketplace.'' Omnipoint Technologies also provides GSM-based products like the Redhawk 2000 GSM Data Terminal Module for telemetry and wireless automatic meter reading, and GSM- oriented development services such as analysis of next-generation technologies like General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) and 3rd Generation Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) systems. In addition to operation in the 1900 MHz frequency band, the jointly developed products will be designed to also function at both 900MHz and 1800MHz to reach global GSM markets which today serve more than 100 million subscribers worldwide and are expected to grow to over 200 million users by the year 2000. The location product will be co-located with the GSM Base Transceiver System (BTS) and provide highly accurate Time-of-Arrival (TOA) calibration upon receipt of either a 911 or other location-based service request. The joint product will connect through standard GSM interfaces to a Mobile Location System (MLS) which would be provided by Ericsson or other infrastructure vendors. Mardy. biz.yahoo.com Another View -- Message 7350501