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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8221)	11/17/2000 4:17:07 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (5) of 34857

Maurice, Are we now using the same argument about royalties that was brought up a year ago viz-a-viz GSM royalty versus Qcom royalty of CDMA? As was pointed out then, the same applies to WCDMA. There are many patent holders and now you really have to forget the word essential! Yes, Qcom's patent are essential, but then there are so many others to take in consideration. Okay, they may not be termed "essential", but they are still part of the system whether you like it or not (it's an international community out there, with companies working together to formulate a standard). When purchasing CDMA (IS-95 and cdma2000) a royalty in the region of 5% is paid directly to Qcom. With WCDMA most royalties (apart from Qcom's) will be cross licensed, so bringing the rate down to parity. WCDMA is being installed, there aint no stopping it. The size of market will determine the eventual cost. I thought this argument was dead anyway. Oh well, at least it woke me up. Happy Birthday to me for tomorrow. M

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