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Qualcomm in Iraq (and a San Diego congressman)
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:35:04 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Rod Van Meter <rdv () adsl-63-199-185-122 dsl snfc21 pacbell net> Reply-To: rdv () halfmoonbaylabs org Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:21:55 -0800 To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: Qualcomm in Iraq Dave, http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml does not list Iraq as currently being a GSM country. Perhaps cellular infrastructure was banned by the U.N. as "dual use" technology; I don't know. Iran, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and even Afghanistan are all GSM countries. There is, so far as I know, no CDMA-only country in the world. There are still pockets where GSM doesn't work (Japan and Latin America are glaring problems), but by and large, even in countries where multiple cellular technologies are used, GSM is almost always one of them; 195 countries, more or less, use GSM. So, by legislative/imperial fiat, we may foist "American" technology on Iraq after the war, and thereby hobble regional trade and impede the recovery of Iraq and its reintegration into the world community. I'm certain this has nothing to do with the fact that Mr. Issa represents San Diego in Congress. --Rod ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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