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Nov 14 9:30 AM EST

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To: Gus who wrote (6194)	7/10/2000 7:10:44 AM
From: Labrador	Read Replies (1) of 34857

My view is that W-CDMA cannot be mainstream without a royalty agreement with QCOM; accordingly, a deal by NOK and others for 3G should take place. What incentive does QCOM have to reduce their royalty rate? I think that they have no incentive to do so. Further, given the success NOK has had with CDMA chips, it is likely that the chip mfg function will be outsources and maybe to QCOM. W-CDMA or CDMA2000, either way QCOM collects. But I believe that CDMA2000 is at least a year ahead of W-CDMA, and therefore stands a good chance for successful and wide deployment. By the way, I thought that I'd hear from you on my prior post, commenting on CDMA2000 being cheaper [consumer friendly?]. Message 14016581

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