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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 159.42-1.2%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST
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To: slacker711 who wrote (76166)4/8/2008 12:06:35 PM
From: pyslent  Read Replies (1) of 197246
 
I have yet to hear anybody give a good reason why companies would silently pay billions to GSM IP holders but complain constantly about smaller payments to Q.

One possibility is that Qualcomm is a big target. Even if the Koreans & Chinese handset manufacturers are paying GSM royalties, it's likely to be a small amount to many patent holders. 5% to a single entity is simply more obvious than getting nickel & dimed (death by a thousand cuts, although "death" is probably the wrong word considering the margins that the asians make on GSM.).
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