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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (26964)	4/14/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: Bux	Respond to of 152472

INTERVIEW-Taiwan to get U.S. cell phone standard April 14, 1999 07:16 AM By Angus Chuang TAIPEI, April 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan state-owned Chunghwa Telecommunications plans an eventual launch of U.S.-bred CDMA technology in the island's booming mobile phone sector, dominated by the European GSM standard. "There are still vast opportunities in what is already a competitive market," Chunghwa's Senior Vice President Hsieh Chun-ming told Reuters in a telephone interview. The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standard is widely used in Asia outside of Japan, but CDMA or Code Division Multiple Access got a boost in March when U.S. officials said China agreed to allow a nationwide rollout to compete with GSM. CDMA technology, said to offer better communication at a low price, shares radio frequencies digitally and allows many users on the network simultaneously. Hsieh declined to say how much the CDMA system would cost but said it was appropriate for Taiwan's crowded telecommunications market, where Chunghwa and six private vendors launched GSM systems under major liberalisation policies in 1998. "We have undergone a half year of evaluation which revealed good prospects and maturity of CDMA in terms of technology," he said. Hsieh said U.S. research estimated global CDMA subscriptions would swell to 65 million by 2000 from 23 million in 1998. In Taiwan, about five million of the island's 22 million people have mobile phones, 90 percent of which are digital GSM, while 500,000 use earlier-generation analogue technology. Chunghwa hoped to reallocate the radio frequencies used by the analogue system when it was phased out, Hsieh said. The company has about half of the cellular market but Hsieh said there was still plenty of room to grow. "It's too early to say the market is tight. With 25 percent annual growth in the telecom market, there's nothing that looks like saturation," he said, calling his growth forecast conservative. Hsieh said he expected telecom regulators to open the CDMA market to competitive bidding and multiple vendors, meaning a rollout was unlikely before 2002. Chunghwa has not decided which system supplier to use. CDMA vendors include Qualcomm QCOM , Lucent Technologies LU and Motorola MOT of the United States, Nortel Networks CA:NTL NT NT of Canada and Samsung [SAGR.CN] of South Korea. The Directorate General of Telecommunications said it had set no limits on mobile phone standards, which continue to evolve. Mobile telephony is one of several sectors parliament opened to private and foreign investment and is dismantling Chunghwa's erstwhile monopoly. Taiwan set out ground rules on Tuesday for ending Chunghwa's lucrative monopoly on local and long-distance fixed-line telephone service. REUTERS

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (26964)	4/14/1999 9:59:00 AM
From: MileHigh	Respond to of 152472

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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (26964)	4/14/1999 11:39:00 AM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

All... US buildout continues... Alamosa PCS LLC to Build, Operate cdmaOne Networks Sprint Affiliate to Buy US$82 Million in Nortel Networks Equipment DALLAS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ - Alamosa PCS LLC, an affiliate of Sprint's wireless division, will build and operate wireless networks in parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado using Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT/TSE: NTL) cdmaOne (IS -95 CDMA) infrastructure including radio base stations and DMS-MTX switching equipment. Alamosa PCS LLC will purchase US$82 million in CDMA network equipment from Nortel Networks over the next three years. Operating under the Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) name, Alamosa PCS LLC will have networks in a number of cities in Texas including Abilene, Amarillo, El Paso, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland and San Angelo as well as in Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe, N.M. and Flagstaff and Prescott, Ariz. Alamosa PCS LLC will also operate networks in Pueblo and Grand Junction, Colo. ''As one of the first affiliates to build a portion of the Sprint PCS nationwide network, we are looking forward to providing area residents as well as existing Sprint PCS subscribers who travel within our markets with a high-quality, all-digital service that is second to none,'' said David Sharbutt, chairman, Alamosa PCS LLC. ''With the help of Nortel Networks, Alamosa PCS will deliver a wireless network that will offer all the benefits of CDMA digital service and further expand the footprint of the Sprint PCS nationwide network. The consumers in our markets will have all the advantages of the latest CDMA technology.'' ''As a Sprint PCS affiliate, Alamosa PCS is able to offer a high degree of value, call clarity and nationwide coverage to its customers,'' said Tom Mateer, vice president, affiliates, Sprint PCS. ''Alamosa PCS will benefit from the strength of the Sprint brand while extending the reach of the Sprint PCS network.'' Alamosa PCS LLC will deploy Nortel Networks' cdmaOne base stations including the CDMA Minicell and Metro Cell. The Minicell and Metro Cell offer future standards (3G) compatibility and are part of a flexible and scalable portfolio of Nortel Networks' products that cost effectively fulfill operators' capacity needs. Nortel Networks has now received awards for new wireless networks and market expansions valued at nearly US$2 billion in 1999. SOURCE Northern Telecom Limited