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IP: RE: Isolationism? wireless type
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 05:28:02 -0500
From: Urho.Ilmonen () nokia com To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: RE: Isolationism? wireless type Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:02:47 +0300 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.78) Dear professor Farber Let me respectfully point out that at present the traveler really needs two phones only for most industrialized places: One triple-band GSM for Europe, most of APAC and most of U.S. metropolitan areas AND one PDC for Japan. This leaves out certain CDMA-only countries like Korea, and also some AMPS-only area in the U.S., but this is pretty much it. In the future with the 3G standards, there will be the initial trial WCDMA system in Japan (probably to be updated to the general WCDMA system subsequently) and the several U.S. systems like CDMA2000 and a different WCDMA. If there is enough customer demand for combination phones, the industry will produce them. In the meantime, the bigger problem is the financing of 3G networks, made very difficult by the European national governments allowing the auction prices for 3G bands rise beyond the economical possibilities. This unfortunate communication tax will make networks to be built later than otherwise would have been the case and cause problems for the operators. Best regards Urho Ilmonen
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