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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.

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To: foundation who wrote (5839)	2/28/2003 8:26:36 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) of 12247

Haha!! GG also suggested reduced CDMA royalties to get CDMA going really fast. The European spectrum auctions showed what a silly idea that was. There hasn't been any CDMA going in Europe and it's nothing to do with the royalty rate. Elsewhere, there's plenty of CDMA and it's gaining ground quickly. Cutting royalty rates from 5% to 2% won't make a difference. That'll just hand profits to subscribers in the way of consumer surplus, or to spectrum owners who will be able to charge a little more. QUALCOMM should increase royalty rates, not decrease them. The GSM Guild think they can get W-CDMA going with royalties of 10% at least, probably more since Nokia seems unable to get traction with their 5% idea [to be shared among non-QUALCOMM intellectual property owners]. Mqurice

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