Marvin, there is a very limited market for WCDMA only chipsets. IDCC's "chipsets" which you claim is "posturing" (ge, don't tell that to their chipset partner, you'll give them a nice laugh for the day) are bi-modal, tri-modal, and so on.
in the transition from one network format to another, most handsets will need to communicate over two networks, say, WCDMA, GSM and TDD, not just WCDMA.
WCDMA only chipsets may meet the market need by 2005 when all networks are expected to be WCDMA only. But, before then, transitional chipsets will serve a greater need.
According to NOK's most recent CC, they stated that the "transitional" chipsets is where the market is heading right now and that NOK, with their partners (i.e., IDCC) is the only company in the world working on a tri-mode design.
Since you imply that NOK's statements are mere "posturing", where is the NOK/QCOM agreement for WCDMA? Let's not hide behind Qcom's skirts all the time. NOK stated during their CC that they did not "anticipate an agreement for WCDMA with Qcom". They stated that if it was needed it would have "come up before now". What say ye? |
