Highlights of Business Segments – Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2000
(thanks to wildcat on TMF)
QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL)
• Entered into eight new license agreements in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000, a total
of 28 new license agreements in fiscal 2000. This brings the cumulative total to over
90 companies now licensed to manufacture and sell CDMA products worldwide.
• Signed a total of 12 new research and development agreements with Chinese
manufacturers, including Beijing Telecommunications Equipment Factory,
Chunghwa Telecom Labs, Datang Telecom Technology Co., Eastern
Communications Co., Great Dragon Telecomm, Hangzhou Unitop Electric, Hisense
Group, Huawei Technologies, Langchao Electronic Information Industry Group,
LT Netcomm Co, Ningbo Bird Co. and Zhongxing Telecom Co.
• Entered into numerous third generation CDMA license agreements in fiscal 2000. The current list of 3G licensees - covering WCDMA, cdma2000 and other CDMA technologies - include Advantest, Agilent, Alps, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, Kyocera, LG Electronics, Lucent, Matsushita, Maxon, Motorola, Nortel, Philips, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba and Willtech, among others. In all cases, the royalty rate to be paid by these companies for third generation CDMA products is the same rate as those companies pay for second generation cdmaOne  products, and is not dependent upon which standard is implemented.
• Announced decisions by the Japanese and European Patent Offices to uphold three important QUALCOMM patents. The three patents, which were challenged by competitors, cover important features of second- and third-generation CDMA
systems, including cdma2000 and WCDMA. |
