Ruff, NEC has a sub. license agreement, so does NOK -- but have these agreements been extended to include WCDMA?
"QUALCOMM has now extended many of its license agreements to cover all 3G modes. Under these agreements, a licensee pays the same royalty rate to QUALCOMM for WCDMA and cdma2000 equipment as for cdmaOne infrastructure, phones, semiconductors and other equipment. Companies with licenses for WCDMA include Samsung, Lucent, Ericsson, Nortel, Hyundai, LG, Sony, Hitachi, ALPS, Matsushita, Maxon, OKI and Philips."
In short, Q is implying that the original agreements MUST be extended before those licensees are permitted to make WCDMA stuff (assuming that Q's IPR must be used). Have NEC and NOK extended their respective licenses? |
