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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1583)	3/18/1999 9:11:00 AM
From: Valueman	Respond to of 34857

It's a deal. We will revisit all these issues as they develop.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1583)	3/18/1999 10:48:00 PM
From: Jim Lurgio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

TERO :You said I don't think you want to know who's topping the charts in 1998 phone returns in USA. This letter to the Q from my son should be in the charts . I'm sure there's problems like this with any hand set but I thought it was unusual to have problems communicating with the same device. I wonder if the Q will respond ? To whom it may concern, My QCP-820 has turned out to be a nightmare as well as my provider who is Ameritech. On 01/16/98 I purchased my phone and on 01/17/99 I brought it to the dealer because I began experiencing problems with the send key and the number 6 key . I also noticed my stand by time had been cut in half from when I originally purchased the QCP-820 so I thought I'll stop by the dealer and have them clean the key pad and buy a new battery. What a shock that was ! First of all I was told my phone was one day out of guarantee and secondly the key pad had to be replaced by Qualcomm at a cost of $185.00 and a replacement battery costs $85.00. The sales person at that time recommended to just buy a new phone at a cost of $ 215.00 because if anything else went wrong with my original phone during my three year contract that too would not be covered. Needless to say as a consumer I am quite up-set with the poor quality product your company makes as well as the service. I'm a Federal agent for the Conrail Railroad and my job had a lot to do with my decision to use Ameritech's " Clear Path ". I work nights in the Chicago area preventing thefts as well as protecting the lives of the other rail employees. Certain situations having a cell phone allows secure contact with another agent verus using a company radio who's frequencies can be monitored. I had been using a analog device for years (which still is operational) but when the amount of users went up sometimes getting through was delayed. Since not getting through may affect the success of the operation I thought it best to go digital. I tested the phone and marveled at the clarity and bought it. I showed another other agent the phone and let him test it. He also purchased one. A few weeks later we were on a detail that was to our advantage to stay in contact via our Qualcomm phones. It sounded like water falls in the background as well as we had our heads in a bucket. The system also broke up very bad. At first we thought this was an isolated incidence but the next time we tried it the same thing happened ? We now tried the phones while driving home from work as well as from our homes. No good it's terrible. How is it a QCP-820 can't make good contact with another QCP-820 ? Since I am stuck using Ameritech's "Clear Path " for another two years and also forced to buy a new phone because the lack of your company's ability to make a decent product I hope you can answer one question. If I purchase another brand of phone will it work better in communicating with my partners QCP-820 or is this a problem with the so called " Clear Path " ? By the way my phone still works at home but I can't rely on it for my work . If I have the patience to keep punching the key pad and after making a connection , hold it like you would hold onto a edge of a cliff trying to survive , it works . My friends battery stand by time is also failing and he's keeping his fingers crossed about the key board. James Lurgio

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1583)	3/19/1999 2:18:00 PM
From: djane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

03/19 11:37 Everen poll suggests Nokia gaining on Ericsson CHICAGO, March 19 (Reuters) - Everen Securities Inc. said Friday that its latest quarterly survey of 175 digital phone retailers suggested that Oy Nokia Ab <NOKa.N> <NOKAV.HE> of Finland may be gaining on rival Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson <LMEb.ST> of Sweden in the battle for market share in the lucrative digital phone industry. Although a Qualcomm Inc. <QCOM.O> model was the most recommended phone in the survey, Everen said that Motorola Inc.'s <MOT.N> market share may be starting to improve. Everen collected more than 175 recommendations from randomly selected retailers in 25 cities for its quarterly survey, the investment bank said in a research note. "We were surprised to find that Qualcomm Inc. model QCP2700 was the most recommended phone by retailers for the second quarter in a row, and that the number of retailers recommending the QCP2700 increased," Everen said. Everen said Qualcomm may have garnered a higher number of recommendations because of the extensive retail distribution network of wireless service providers Sprint PCS <PCS.N> and Primeco, which use Qualcomm phones. "We would also predict that Ericsson may be continuing to lose market share to Nokia in the first quarter of 1999, and that Motorola's market share may be starting to improve based on an acceleration of recommendations for Motorola's StarTac 6500 CDMA digital handset," Everen said. The second through sixth most recommended phones were all made by Nokia. Everen maintained its intermediate- and long-term outperform ratings on Qualcomm. "We continue to rate Motorola an intermediate-term market performer and a long-term outperform because of our concerns about operating margin expectations being too high and potential negative impact from weak demand at Iridium (World Communications Ltd. <IRID.O>), however, cellular products revenues may be doing better than expected," Everen said. COPYRIGHT © 1999 REUTERS LIMITED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Copyright © 1999 E*TRADE Securities, Inc. All rights reserved.