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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