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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (24611)	3/22/1999 8:47:00 AM
From: Harvey Rosenkrantz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

NTT may be coming around. TOKYO --A compromise has been struck on a global standard for next-generation cellular phones, but important technological issues remain unresolved, analysts say. Under the International Telecommunication Union's plan, next-generation cellular phones will support both standards established in Japan and Europe and those for North America. Still to be worked out, however, are such key issues as signal transmission speed and transmission synchronicity. And the two sides -- the Japanese-European group and the North American camp -- are loath to give in, because the winner will gain a significant advantage in the form of technology licenses. Seeking to prevent delays in the service's launch, NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (9437), a Japanese telecom carrier that is also undertaking technological development, has taken a conciliatory stance toward the North American side. But Sweden's LM Ericsson and other European makers are waging war, aiming to repeat their earlier success in expanding the current Global System for Mobile Communication format worldwide. Their confrontation with Qualcomm Inc. and other North American makers, which are hoping to make a comeback, was inevitable.