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To: recycled_electron who wrote (30754)	5/24/1999 4:40:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Respond to of 152472

THE INDEPENDENT SOURCE FOR WIRELESS INDUSTRY NEWS May 24, 1999 May 24, 1999 United States, Korea lead in wireless phone growth WASHINGTON—The United States and South Korea posted the strongest gains in cellular/personal communications services net subscribers during the first three months of 1999, according to quarterly results from Strategis dataBank: World Cellular/PCS Subscribers and Operators, compiled by The Strategis Group. Competition and nationwide rollout of Code Division Multiple Access technology are the main engines of growth in South Korea. With five cellular/PCS operators, one in three Koreans owns a cellular or PCS handset, said the report. Improving economic conditions was also a factor. ‘‘There was a dramatic turnaround in the Korean economy in the first quarter and this clearly impacted cellular growth,'' said Elizabeth Harr Bricksin, director of international wireless publications for The Strategis Group. ‘‘GDP increased by an annual rate of 4.6 percent in the first quarter, after contracting by 5.8 percent for all of 1998.'' Quarterly findings also revealed that the world cellular/PCS subscriber base reached approximately 340 million as of March 31, adding 25 million subscribers from year-end 1998. Strategis dataBank: World Cellular/PCS Subscribers and Operators is an interactive resource providing analysts, investors and carriers with up-to-date data on cellular and PCS markets worldwide.

To: recycled_electron who wrote (30754)	5/24/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Sudeepto Roy : data services... but, expensive base station (vocoder) and PSTN resources are not tied up for data calls Thes issue is 1) available bandwidth and 2)the network providers want people to make voice calls. The expense isn't an issue, since thes costs are bourne by the customers making calls. if the carrier is smart, they could position data calls for cheaper service Didn't happen with CDPD, even though the data service was truly 'free' from a network providers standpoint. CDPD uses AMPS channels that are always spare. The network providers still dont know how to rate data services. I really can't see them being that interested in them while they are building up voice subscribers. For instance, in Japan, email over embedded browser is a huge selling feature... think it costs just 10 yen to send an email!! I think 'browser' is a generous term for the application you refer to. Also, the Japanese service providers are desperate to capture subscribers. I wouldn't be surprised if they are offering the e-mail app at a loss. why are we behind in the US? Well we are and we aren't. CDPD is a great example.