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To: Lee A. Benoist who wrote (2620)	2/19/1999 12:02:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5195

Follows is an e-mail reply I received from Airspan regarding their thinking of B-CDMA: -----Original Message----- From: corpgold [ mailto:corpgold@netins.net <mailto:corpgold@netins.net> ] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 10:38 PM To: webmaster@airspan.com <mailto:webmaster@airspan.com> Subject: Airspan News Release Re your February 8 1999 news release. You state that you use "advanced CDMA" technology. yes it is advanced - in particular our products provide the capability for true clear-channel 64kbit/s voice/data communications, ISDN and data leased lines up to 128kbit/s. All these products are shipping today! Our target market is those operators that need a high quality wireless solution for FIXED users. We will shortly be offering packet terminals that operate at speeds up to 512kbit/s. This is far in advance of solutions based on IS95 or 3G mobile. Are you saying that you use Qualcomm's IPR or B-CDMA, or your own proprietary version? we use our own CDMA. Qualcomm's technology cannot deliver the bandwidth needed for the applications we target. Also it is targeted at the mobile market, so there are complexities (and therefore costs) in their system which are related to the mobility component. B-CDMA, as developed by IDC, has some similarities with our technology - but it is still in its infancy. It is on trial deployment in a number of networks. [Compare that with our track record: 30+ networks established, with around 20 in commercial operation today.] B-CDMA was originally developed as a potential contender for 3G mobile standards. It therefore has mobility features built in - with the inherent cost addition. I noticed in your product description you state it is "broadband CDMA" which, in itself is a proprietary technology used by Interdigital Communications. Is this one and the same, or are we talking two different animals here? "B-CDMA" is indeed a trademark of IDC. However there are no proprietary rights associated with the words "broadband CDMA".