It would in some respects make sense to use sammy as the middle men in the far east as they have a huge market share etc etc. It would be simpler for telcos to have just one tender too, but would give them less flexability I admit. Also PV has had ties with sammy but i think the complete solution that esys offers would fit better in their (sammy's) overall cdma infrastructure. I emailed eli about this yesterday and he said that he couldn't answer these questions right now, but would do so in the very near future. Lets hope there is news comming and just isnt too busy to reply right now! Also a guy at hellonetworks in the u.s told me that emblaze is doing a great job of selling their 'black boxes'! He also said that PV is the master of spin and always carefully word their announcements.