IP: RE: Isolationism? wireless type

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Urho.Ilmonen () nokia com
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: RE: Isolationism?  wireless type
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:02:47 +0300
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> 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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