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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2847)	2/13/1999 12:54:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

For more on wireless VoIP, see Stephen Temple's post on a company called WebTel in the VoIP thread here in SI at: Message 7733544 I think that it's interesting from a number of different perspectives, not the least of which is the fact that ASND's MultiVoice gear is being used. This is not representative yet of what is taking place out there, but it's a harbinger, IMO, of things to come. ------------- Here's an excerpt: Why Wireless Voice over IP? New VoIP networks are rapidly being deployed worldwide as part of the next-generation public network and present a significant opportunity for service providers to economically turn-up new services. Wireless service providers can leverage VoIP solutions to route calls across a managed VoIP backbone network to successfully terminate toll-quality, wireless voice calls worldwide. This new, innovative transport method of bridging wireless networks and VoIP backbone networks will benefit both the service provider and the end-user.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2847)	2/13/1999 1:08:00 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

I am not up on the economic details of cellular buildouts, nor how those economics compare to those for HFC or xDSL. However, wireless operators seem to have a very strong interest in doing 3G and are beginning to put pressure on Qualcomm and Ericson to settle their differences and let the buildout begin. In addition, wireless is growing by leaps and bounds and 3G will only push it further. Wireless Local Loop has been more or less written off for populations with existing solid wireline infrastructures, but I'm not too sure this is right. If cellular companies are successful in building out their infrastructures a/o establishing roaming agreements so as to provide full nationwide coverage, I see them replacing wireline to a significant extent. As this happens, Qualcomm and others can introduce compatible WLL which provides even higher bandwidth to the home and this will encourage even more people to leave wireline behind. IP in cellular is not new. CDMA from QCOM has had a full IP stack since 1991. See QCOM thread msgs 20547 from George Gilder and 20555 from engineer for info on full IP stack in CDMA and new pdQ.