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Technology Stocks : The New Qualcomm - a S&P500 company
QCOM 174.78+0.1%3:59 PM EST

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To: slacker711 who wrote (4452)12/22/1999 8:02:00 PM
From: John Biddle  Read Replies (1) of 13582
 
...please explain to me how Qualcomm is much better off than if they had simply kept the division themselves and continued to innovate. I don't mean from a financial situation but from a strategic
one....


Well, for one thing, other phone manufacturers will no longer see them as a competitor and may be more willing to buy chips from them, as well as pay for consulting assistance in getting new products to work quickly.

I see that as a big positive. Might help push NOK and MOT over the edge.
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