Benjamin Kowarsch wrote:
> If the Japanese hadn't been so utterly and incredibly s-t-u-p-i-d to
> develop their own homebreed cellular standard, but would instead have
> chosen either GSM or D-AMPS *as-is* (not using any different frequency band
> or reverse the uplink/downlink direction or other silly non-standard
> gimmicks like Japanese CDMA does), then those phones could be recycled
> (www.recellular.com) and help countries like -say- Bangladesh to improve
> their infrastructure.
>
Some would argue developing their own standard was a smart thing. Related
industries at that time developed valuable technical skills and flowed much
revenue into domestic companies instead of external vendors/suppliers.
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Received on Tue Jul 31 10:15:27 2001