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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 178.29-1.6%Dec 12 9:30 AM EST

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To: Getch who wrote (9181)3/28/2001 2:58:11 PM
From: Lance Bredvold  Read Replies (3) of 196958
 
Vodafone article from the Wall Street Journal online clearly states that someone (I suppose investor relations) says the "local" news source got it wrong. Of course the leader to the article seems to suggest just the opposite from what is said in paragraph 2. Has anyone else noticed that the WSJ's idea of balanced reporting is often to report directly opposing positions - presumably from different sources?

I don't know which to believe, but at least this paragraph 2 statement seems to be the official position of the company.
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March 28, 2001

Vodafone Seeks Common Standard
With Verizon for Wireless Network

By Richard Inder
Dow Jones Newswires

LONDON -- Vodafone Group PLC said Wednesday that it is talking with Verizon Communications about setting a common transmission standard for the third-generation networks of their U.S. mobile-phone joint venture.

Vodafone, the world's largest wireless operator with about 80 million subscribers, denied a local news report that it is in a dispute with its partner in Verizon Wireless.

"Given that the type of users who are likely to roam in the U.S. are business users, we think there is a convincing argument to agree on a standard," a Vodafone spokesman said. "Verizon [officials] are examining the possibilities, but in no way have they committed themselves to one technology." .....
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