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To: foundation who wrote (95851)	3/18/2001 12:22:00 PM
From: Dexter Lives On	Read Replies (2) of 152472

You say you're laughing and yet you sound angry... I'd think a QCOM investor (which I'm guessing you are) would understand why a company like Wi-LAN would want to befriend the Euro interests that "manage" the standards process in telecom. How long did QCOM have to work on its tech. and wait until the markets recognized the strengths of CDMA? You seem to think that Flarion is the innovator here? Wrong! Wi-LAN has been leading OFDM development for years (Flarion is a 1 year old spin-off trying to capitalize on the latest developments - not that there's anything wrong with that...) and as OFDM starts to be recognized as a suitable next gen. datacom technology, Wi-LAN is trying to remove the delays of acceptance on the standards front through the OFDM Forum. There is a difference between the OFDM Forum and BWIF: BWIF is dictating V-OFDM as the only possible choice while the OFDM Forum remains open to changes in several aspects of the proposed standards but wants multiple antennae to be optional, which Cisco will not accept as V-OFDM inherently requires antenna diversity. BTW your statement on OFDM mobility is incorrect. wi-lan.com wi-lan.com You might want to spend some time looking at QCOM-backed Ignition Corp. There are rumors that they are involved with a project called Air2LAN, which Wi-LAN is supplying base stations (radios) for its deployment. ignitioncorp.com air2lan.com My guess would be that Qualcomm is keeping a close eye on all potential 4g technologies; further they have a good understanding of what it takes to gain market, as well as standards acceptance. Rob late edit: correlate Mike Wehrs here ignitioncorp.com and here ofdm-forum.com

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