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To: Michael who wrote (29443)	5/7/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: Freeflight	Respond to of 152472

3RD generation (3G) W-CDMA standard will require support of 3 different modes and technology implementations: Japanese wideband CDMA, European UTRA wideband CDMA, and US cdma2000. as operators are scrambling to add new, enhanced services, they are buying equipment that supports the current second generation (2G) digital cellular standards, GSM, TDMA, CDMA and PCD. In spite of the Qualcomm/Ericsson agreement to converge their technologies to a single air interface, the major emerging third generation (3G) W-CDMA standard will require support of 3 different modes and technology implementations: Japanese wideband CDMA, European UTRA wideband CDMA, and US cdma2000. As a result, basestation, handset and semiconductor component manufacturers are forced to undertake costly R & D initiatives to develop products that support these new standards. Network operators must buy disparate basestations that are costly to acquire and maintain. HOW WILL QUALCOMM FAIR?