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Technology Stocks : Nokia (NOK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: djane who wrote (1593)	3/20/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

I admit that it's a downer that Nokia couldn't get more than five models into the top six. But if you want to put a positive spin on that it means that there are still further goals to achieve. This might be the operative sentence: "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." Sprint is currently so spectacularly succesful that their handset selection has a big impact on overall sales success in USA. Nokia probably will be a centerpiece of Primeco spring line-up with the 6185 model, since the tri-mode aspect is tailored for Primeco. But the Sprint is the big catch here. I'm not sure they're all that interested in 6185, which could be a drag on Nokia's CDMA handset sales. Sprint may go for the 51xx models instead... and they don't offer the kind of clear technological edge that a tri-mode concept does. It would take a new kind of approach to roaming from Sprint for them to embrace the philosophy of two digital and one analogue bands. That decision has apparently not been made yet. Motorola Startacs aren't part of Sprint's portfolio yet, either. As long as Qualcomm's Sprint competition remains weak, it's a huge bonus for their phone sales. Tero