Never say never....LOL
<<Oh genius do you happen to know that NOK has stated that they do not need QCOM to implement 3g? >>
Bulls, please? NOK has never stated this and never will.
In his US House hearing, Kelly revealed that: "Before any W-CDMA system can be manufactured and commercially deployed, Qualcomm must agree to license its IPRs."
The three major areas in which Qualcomm holds IPRs are: closed loop power control, soft hand over, and the rake receiver (for interference reduction). "These aren't fringe areas," Bold told CI. "We believe you can't work around them."
Not so, according to Nokia's Bergqvist. He cites the example of GSM, where there are still some unresolved patent issues, and, although there are numerous patents for IS-95, he maintains that "there are no granted patents in W-CDMA, or for that matter in any 3G system, not even any patents pending".
"There will be a number of IPR claims from a number of sources," he added. "The international community will have to handle them. For us though, it's business as usual. No single company would have enough patents to hold the others hostage..." <<snip>>
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