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Technology Stocks : Nokia (NOK)
NOK 6.730-0.7%Nov 14 9:30 AM EST
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To: Labrador who wrote (6186)7/9/2000 8:15:54 PM
From: Gus  Read Replies (2) of 34857
 

I would think that NOK and Ericsson's rate would be and should be less that QCOM's rate, as QCOM has the vital CDMA patents which make W-CDMA work. QCOM's CMDA2000 don't need NOK and Ericsson's patents.

Per QCOM's own SEC filings, Ericsson has asserted IPRs in CDMAOne and CDMA2000. The royalty-bearing cross-licensing agreement between QCOM and ERICY covers all forms of 3G CDMA ONLY, but Ericsson does NOT control all the IPRs for WCDMA in either the FDD version or the TDD version.

You can be sure that most if not all of the cross-licensing pacts with Ericsson will contain limits on sub-licensing rights, effectively taking away from QCOM any free ride on the IPRs of other companies.

Again, even though TDMA/GSM is the older technology, it IS the entrenched standard with over 85% of the global installed base so one can just as effectively make the argument that TDMA/GSM royalties should be worth more. But that's neither here or there because QCOM has no relevant TDMA/GSM patents. Zip, zilch, nada, zero.
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