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To: LBstocks who wrote (5150)	1/13/2000 11:48:00 AM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (1) of 13582

>> "The current rates are low enough to not cause hardship for the consumer," said Irwin Jacobs, Well, he would say that, wouldn't he. I know that royalty rates have been done to death on the threads but right now I'm going through hoops with a customer of mine who wants to reduce his BOM by 80c on a $100 'phone. My point is that the pressure on OEM's to reduce BOM is huge. They can save millions of dollars by shaving a few cents here and a few cents there. The royalty rate is the most visible (and easiest) target for cost reduction that the OEM's have. This problem will not go away. w.

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