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To: djane who wrote (3365)	3/12/1999 3:14:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Iridium's quality seems to be a real puzzle. We have conflicting reports all over the place. Jack Morgan tells us his handset is great. Others make similar claims. Then we get reports like that, which also seem to be credible. ------------------------------------------------------------ ....The bad news is that it's not reliable. Some calls get through, but at least a third of the time I haven't been able to make a connection. When I do connect, there is a better than even chance that the call will be disconnected within a few minutes. Call quality also is unpredictable. Some conversations are as clear as a regular phone, while others are garbled. Of course, this is true of all wireless phones. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, it's not true of all wireless phones, so maybe the other claims are not good either. Meanwhile, a GSM handset bought in NZ and taken to Canada will cost NZ$5.45 per minute to phone home! Peak time calls in NZ for a very popular pricing plan will cost NZ$1.60 per minute. That means that Globalstar handsets will be able to undercut these prices and give complete coverage as well. There will be big demand even at US$1 per minute for Globalstar handsets because there will be a per minute cost saving when travelling and coverage will be complete [for nearly anywhere 95% of people go]. The handsets are already passable in size. I suppose the design will improve even over the next 6 months. Globalstar can do cheap handsets with contracts and still make heaps at 50c per minute wholesale. Or sell the handset at the retail market price and sell the minutes at a super bargain introductory price [dime a minute anywhere in USA]. Or any combination. Maurice

To: djane who wrote (3365)	3/13/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: djane	Respond to of 29987

Controversy Erupts Over CDMA Report wirelessweek.com From the March 15, 1999 issue of Wireless Week By Brad Smith A new report released last week touts code division multiple access over other technologies. However, questions have arisen about the timing of the report and its release during a key meeting on third-generation standards. Mountain View, Calif.-based Frost & Sullivan, in a report titled "World CDMA Infrastructure Equipment Markets," concluded that CDMA has "clear advantages in cost, clarity and capacity" over the other major air interfaces. The author of the report, Subodh Karnad, said CDMA was "the hottest of the three cellular standards" based on infrastructure sales growth of $2.1 billion in 1998 and 20 million total subscribers. He also said CDMA subscriber numbers are expected to swell to 125 million by the end of 2002. Karnad told Wireless Week his report did not intend to select a "best" technology. He said CDMA has some disadvantages, including the higher cost of its infrastructure compared to other technologies, the high relative cost of CDMA handsets, the lack of handset choices and the lack of a European footprint. "What we are saying is that CDMA is a good technology, but we're not saying the others are not good," he said. "It is my personal opinion that all of these standards have their own place." Karnad said CDMA infrastructure equipment sales totaled $6.4 billion in 1997, increasing to $8.5 billion in 1998. He predicted sales will peak at $9.46 billion in 1999 and then decline at an annual rate of 9.7 percent through 2002. The decline represents a healthy indication of a high-growth market, he said. The report was issued the same day that the International Telecommunication Union began meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil, to debate 3G technologies and a possible converged global standard. Although CDMA technology is expected to become part of some 3G standards, two different camps have formed over what standard is best. That timing and the fact that Frost & Sullivan raised what some believed to be "old war" between technologies prompted other analysts to wonder if the report wasn't politically motivated. Karnad said the release timing was just a coincidence since the report was completed weeks earlier. He also said Frost & Sullivan "are not influenced by any kind of outside interest." Others still questioned the timing and reopening the debate. "I could not believe that anyone would be reviving this old battle," said David Kerr, an analyst with Strategy Analytics. "They're fighting a battle from the past. The reality is that capacity is not the dominant factor in the marketplace; it is differentiation through value-added features." CDMA advocates years ago said the spread-spectrum technology would deliver anywhere from 20 times to 50 times the capacity of analog technologies, but several experts told Wireless Week that CDMA's capacity increase is now estimated at six to 10 times the capacity of analog. There also are capacity gains with the two other digital standards--global system for mobile communications and time division multiple access Interim Standard-136. Those gains are estimated at three to six times analog capacity. As expected, spokesmen from the CDMA, TDMA and GSM camps had responses to the Frost & Sullivan report. Jim Takach, director of advanced programs for the CDMA Development Group, said he had not seen the report but found it "encouraging" to have CDMA technology validated by an independent source. Leo Nikkari, executive director of the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, said he thought the capacity issue "was put to bed years ago. The largest-capacity systems in the world are TDMA based." Mike Houghton, spokesman for the GSM Alliance of North America, said CDMA has always had a capacity advantage "on paper, but in reality carriers chose what is best for them. In some cases CDMA may be best and in others GSM is better. We think we have enough capacity gains and cost efficiencies to equal theirs." He disputed the Frost & Sullivan assertion that CDMA was the "hottest" technology, saying that GSM is adding new customers at the rate of 124 per minute. "I think it's going to help us." \| Home Page \| Site Map \| Search Archive \| PowerSearch \| \| International \| Wireless Web Sites \| Hot Stories \| Please send comments and suggestions on this Web site to jcollins@chilton.net Wireless Week, 600 S. Cherry St., #400, Denver, CO 80246 Voice: 303-393-7449, Fax: 303-399-2034 Published by Cahners Business Information © Copyright 1999. All rights reserved.

To: djane who wrote (3365)	3/13/1999 1:03:00 PM
From: djane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Weekly Second Opinion - GSTRF 03/15/99 [TA says... G* is still a short] [I present the voodoo TA garbage because some small-brained people follow it as the gospel. Silly mo-mo investors feel free to jump on and off at will based on meaningless graphs/blips/sounds on your screen... Buy/buy, sell/sell, send commissions to brokerage houses.] Symbol: GSTRF Name: GLOBALSTAR TELECOM Exchange: NMS PRICE ANALYSIS Wk. Close 17.06 Wk. Open 15.94 Wk. High 17.50 Wk. Low 15.75 Wk. Change 1.18 YrHigh 37.13 YrLow 8.31 Mo Chg (%) -3.9 Resistance 16.25 Support N/A BUY STOP 18.30 Volatility (%) 6 Position 72 ADXR 19 OPINION C-Rate -7.1 AVOID 02/22/99 17.69 VOLUME ANALYSIS Ave Daily Vol 8362 Mo Chg (%) -38.7 * U/D 0.5 Slope DOWN Obv BR * Pos Obv BL Neg Obv BL MFI 64 Slope UP TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Alpha -0.32 Beta 1.76 MACD-ST BL MACD-LT BR * 50-Day R.S. 0.81 10-Day M.A. UP 105 21-Day M.A. DOWN 105 50-Day M.A. DOWN 92 200-Day M.A. DOWN 88 STO(Slow %K) 67 STO(Fast %K) 75 Wilders-RSI 59 OBOS -1 Bollinger Bands 18 RSV 37 POWER RATING -44 SCORE = 0 COMMENT Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) indicates a BEARISH TREND Chart pattern indicates a WEAK DOWNWARD TREND Relative Strength is BEARISH Up/Down volume pattern indicates that the stock is under DISTRIBUTION The 50 day MOVING AVERAGE is falling which is BEARISH The 200 day MOVING AVERAGE is falling which is BEARISH PRICE IS ABOVE RESISTANCE OF 16.25 WHICH IS BULLISH RECOMMENDATION STOCK IS A SHORT SALE CANDIDATE IF YOU ARE LONG; CLOSE POSITION OR MONITOR STOCK CLOSELY MarketEdge & Second Opinion are neither offers to sell nor solictations of offers to buy any security.