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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2860)	2/13/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

To Frank: An excerpt from the story you posted: <<<<<<Traditional cellular providers are looking to chip and subsystem developers for help in crafting midrate wideband services to deploy prior to the availability of 3G 384-kbit/second channels. Qualcomm, which made a strong push for its High Data Rate system at last year's PCS show, is trying to show carriers how to install HDR alongside CDMA cellular and future 3G systems in unified basestations. HDR uses dedicated bands to provide 128-kbit to 1-Mbit channels alongside traditional cellular service. Qualcomm anticipates that the only way data service can be made profitable is by amortizing the cost of the technology over a common cellular infrastructure, said Paul Jacobs, president of the consumer products division. >>>>>> Agree that the wireless/internet nexus is a major emerging investment opportunity. As the Chinese saying goes "Let many flowers bloom" . But which flower will dominate? Early on, Qualcomm's Viterbi said that voice and data should move on separate tracks to maximize efficiency of both. The Q is trying to persuade cellular operators to do just that. Curious what your take is on this is. Chaz