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To: gdichaz who wrote (7006)	2/5/2001 4:25:09 PM
From: Eric L	of 197124

gdichaz, << fun .. if the new TI chip (including the UMTS capability) is used in a phone made by a company without a W-CDMA license - Nokia comes to mind >> Chaz as a shareholder of both companies, I don't really dwell on this too much. I simply assume that Nokia will license in due time. I honestly don't see how they can avoid it. I do however, often state, one should assume nothing ... but we all do. Sometimes our assumptions are valid, sometimes they are not. The UMTS capability or "compatibility" is interesting, and you commented on the use of that word v. compliant. Obviously (if in fact the TI chip is to be used by Nokia and since Nokia's timetable is to ship GPRS handsets 12 months before W-CDMA handsets) one might legitimately wonder about the use of the word "compatible", and how that impacts licensing. << While TI has a cross license to protect the making of the TI chip, its use in a phone requires that the phone maker have a valid license covering UMTS (W-CDMA) from Qualcomm whenever that phone is used commercially, no? >> Yes. But what does "compatible" mean and when will Nokia use this chip, and will they use it at all in initial GPRS releases? <g> - Eric -

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