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To: w molloy who wrote (29962)	5/13/1999 12:55:00 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

WM and all, Attended a conference today. Visited both Sprint PCS and AirTouch booths. The rep. from ATI said that thin phone (Q-860) would not be available in my area any time soon. (he said about a couple of weeks. I think he does not have any idea.) Those Nokia phones did not pass ATI's quality control testing. And ATI did not order any more of those Nokia 2180s. Lousy quality also. I saw MOT's StarTac on display as well as Q's Q phone. The rep. from Sprint PCS also stated that Thin phone is not anywhere in sight yet. As for Nokia's new 6180 phone, he was pretty up beat on this phone but told me 6180s were returned for more testing as Vman wrote. He said it would be available in a couple of weeks. (Again he does not know the answer.) Saw the display of MOT's StraTac. No Q phone. The booth also show Iridium phone. (Sprint PCS is a part owner of Iridium) This is the first time I hold an Iridium phone. A very good looking phone though a brick size. Too bad the rep. said it only had about 11,000 subscribers so far. Caxton, Thanks for Nextwave's link. The question is Q already sold the infra. division to ERICY. I guess if SURF survives ERICY will get 1/2 of the infra. contract to replace Q's previous position??? Best, Brian H.

To: w molloy who wrote (29962)	5/13/1999 1:05:00 AM
From: brian h	Respond to of 152472

WM and all, The GSM Alliance says that it has teamed with Nortel Networks to complete the first North American calls made across a third generation (3G) wireless network architecture. 3G wireless technology has been moving on rapidly these past 12 months to 18 months. This has meant that, while the high-speed digital data-based wireless technology was not originally expected until around 2002, experts are now talking about a phased introduction beginning late next year. According to the GSM (global system for mobile communications) Alliance, the call was made using a wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) trial network under "live" conditions. Nortel Networks and Panasonic are providing the network hardware, software, and terminals under an alliance formed last year to develop 3G wireless voice and data systems. Andrew Trembley, president and chief executive officer of Microcell Telecommunications (a key member of the Alliance) made the historic first call from Montreal to John Roth, vice-chairman and chief executive officer of Nortel Networks in Toronto. Plans call for the trial network to be used to test next generation voice and high-speed wireless data services under a developmental radio license from Industry Canada. According to Mr Trembley, the tests will help ensure that today's network operators have a clear, evolutionary path to the next generation of wireless services. Brian H.