QCOM,some good news from the QCOM thread:
To: Craig Schilling who started this subject
From: Cooters Wednesday, Aug 23, 2000 9:55 PM ET
Respond to Post # 78934 of 78934
Korean Phone Makers May Keep Qualcomm Standard, Paper Says
--From AOl.-- Cooters
Seoul, Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Mobile phone technology licensed from European and Japanese companies such as Nokia Oyj and NTT DoCoMo Inc. will cost more than an alternative from Qualcomm Inc., Korea's Electronics Times reported, citing unidentified sources at Samsung Electronics Co.
The European and Japanese standard for new mobile phone services, wideband code division multiple access, will cost an average of between 15 and 18 percent in royalties compared with the 5 percent due Qualcomm for the use of its CDMA2000 technology, the report said.
The article said that as orders grow for new phone equipment and handsets, equipment licensees will increase the amount they charge.
Korean mobile service providers have said they will all use W- CDMA if they win new mobile phone licenses around the end of the year. The government said in its guidelines for the bids that it will leave the choice of technology to ``the industry.''
(Electronics Times, 8/24, p.1 www.etnews.co.kr)
Aug/23/2000 20:55 ET |
