...Q's patent claims are not nearly as strong for W-CDMA as for CDMA2000(1X,3X and HDR). And guess what - Ericsson and Nokia have significant IP in the W-CDMA standard. And guess what else, most W-CDMA devices will be dual mode GSM/W-CDMA. So if Q wants to make chipsets for the W-CDMA world (and they do) they will have to play ball with NOK and Ericsson.
Help! I can't find any news items detailing Hitachi's multi-million dollar license agreements with ERICY and NOK for DS CDMA! Must be a time zone thing or something.
QUALCOMM Extends Hitachi's CDMA License for 3GLicense Covers Multi-Carrier and Direct Spread Modes
--From AOl-- Cooters
SAN DIEGO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), today announced that it and Hitachi have entered into an amendment to Hitachi's existing CDMA licensing agreement. Prior to the amendment, Hitachi's CDMA license covered only cdmaOne(TM) applications. With the amendment, Hitachi's CDMA agreement has now been expanded to grant Hitachi a license under QUALCOMM's essential CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell infrastructure and subscriber equipment for all modes of the third-generation CDMA standard, including Multi-Carrier (MC), formerly cdma2000, and Direct Spread (DS), formerly W-CDMA. Under the terms of the amendment, Hitachi has agreed to pay QUALCOMM a multi-million dollar up-front license fee and ongoing royalties as Hitachi begins selling third-generation CDMA equipment. The royalties payable by Hitachi are the same irrespective of the licensed CDMA standard.
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