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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 152.72-0.2%Jan 28 3:59 PM EST

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To: kyungha who wrote (44034)1/6/2005 3:55:06 PM
From: Eric L  Read Replies (1) of 197418
 
Dr.J on WiFi ...

Bill,

<<I am curious that Dr.J is severely down graded of his credibility by the poster not based on the facts. >>

Everyone always looks forward to his CTIA visits. He's a colorful and passionate guy, with a repeated penchant for taking any perceived competition head on there, but please take up what you are unsuccessfully attempting to represent to me as 'the facts' with the publishers and journalists that ran articles with headlines like this one from DC's Fierce Wireless Newsletter following his visit to CTIA Wireless 2003 where US carriers of all technology persuasion including Qualcomm's largest domestic customers were beginning to announce plans to supplement and complement their cellular service offerings with WiFi:

>> Qualcomm CEO Jacobs Trashes Wi-Fi

FierceWireless Newsletter
March 19, 2003

fiercewireless.com

Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs yesterday at the CTIA show in New Orleans attacked the current move by many carriers to roll out Wi-Fi access to their existing wide area networks. Jacobs pointed out Wi-Fi's limited range and the technology's lack of ubiquity and reliability. Jacobs also pointed out the recent collapse of Joltage and T-Mobile's price cuts as evidence that the hot spot market is unstable. He argued instead, as was expected, that his company's CDMA 1xrtt and its EV-DO wide area technologies were more dependable. ... <snip> <<

Best,

- Eric -
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