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Stardate 20021005.2128 (On Screen): As I think many of my readers know, I used to work for Qualcomm designing cell phones. Qualcomm is the company which invented CDMA, and made it practical, and made it into a market success, and it now dominates the American market, where Verizon and Sprint both use it. There are two other nationwide cellular systems: AT&T currently uses IS-136 TDMA, which is obsolete and has no upgrade path. Cingular uses GSM, a more sophisticated form of TDMA from Europe. And right now I'm basking in the evil glow of a major case of schadenfreude. The...

France Telecom announces resignation of chairman, huge loss PARIS, Sep 13, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Debt-laden France Telecom on Friday announced the resignation of its chairman and reported a 12.18 billion euro (dlrs 11.9 billion) net loss for first-half of 2002, its biggest loss since going public. French Finance Minister Francis Mer said a successor for Michel Bon, whose resignation as head of the firm was announced overnight, would be named by the end of the month or early next month. Mer said the government, the firm's majority shareholder with a 55 percent stake, would work with...