"the US way was not the international way" more on Qualcomm in Iraq (and a San Diego congressman)

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Goncalo <goncalo () mail eunet pt>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:52:26 +0000
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Qualcomm in Iraq (and a San Diego congressman)

> >  Just a correction. At least as far as I know, South Korea is a cdma-only
> >  country. Along with Japan... interesting thing is that these two
> > countries are the most advanced w.r.t future mobile communications. They
> > are always showcased as showing what the future will be like, especially I
> > may say South Korea.

A quote from http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/29115.html :

"Seven years ago we did not have international experience, we are just now
starting joint venture work," Seon Jong Chung, president of Korean
Electronics
and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) once said. "So seven years
ago we followed Qualcomm and the US way. At the time, the US way was more
advanced than ours. Later on we found that the US way was not the
international way. I'm very sorry, but we committed to such a mistake. We
didn't use the modern, standardization approach."

Regards,
Goncalo


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