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to: CHARLES HUNTER
from: GEORGE ERDNER
date: 1997-05-26 00:05:00
subject: Re: Re^4: This echo

CH> GE>Yes, it does. But it works. Everywhere. It's old, proven, mature, 
obus
CH>   >technology. Digital offers great promise. But it also offers great
CH>   >confusion. Right now, the TDMA vs. CDMA battle looks a lot like the 
et
CH>   >versus VHS wars of the early days of VCR's. Even though the carrier 
'm
CH>   >an agent for is in the CDMA camp, that doesn't mean I'll bet the farm
CH>   >that they'll win. VHS beat Beta, even though Beta was much better. 
DMA
CH>   >could end up becoming the dominant standard.
CH> TDMA might win because most of Europe uses that system.  For reasons of
CH> worldwide compatibility, TDMA may win out.
Most of the countires in Europe use the GSM standard, not TDMA. Read
some of the posts in here from our European participants.
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