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[Eric]

Jim,

<< FWIW I printed out and saved an old ITU briefing chart in March 2001 that lists both GPRS and EDGE as 2.5G along with CDMA is-95B. It lists as 3G- WCDMA, UWCC-136, and CDMA2000 1X and 3X. Hard facts such as written and published documentation by the renowned International Telecommunication Union doesn't matter much to the elite "analyst" and journalist communities and others who report otherwise. >>

REAL Hard Facts FWIW ...

* The UWCC-136 EDGE you refer to is IMT-SC, aka TDMA-EDGE, aka EDGE Compact, aka EGPRS, was accepted in November 1999 and ratified in May 2000 by the ITU as an IMT-2000 standard at the same time that IMT-MC (CDMA2000 Release A) was ratified along with IMT-DS (FDD WCDMA), IMT-TC (TDD & TD-SCDMA WCDMA), and IMT-FT (DECT).

* 3GPP 'R99' GSM-EDGE, aka EDGE Classic, aka EGPRS, was accepted by the ITU as an IMT-2000 standard under the IMT-SC umbrella in November 2000 at the same time as TIA/EIA/IS-856 (1xEV-DO) was accepted under the IMT-MC umbrella.

- Eric -