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Ardner, being in a bad mood for obvious reasons, I was about to zip off a sarcastic response to such a "dumb" question. On second thought, I realized I know the answer but I don't know the answer. Here's what I know: Qualcomm has perfected a means of utilizing CDMA in wireless telephony. Their technological solution comes under the heading of IS95 (interim standard 95) and is more loosely known as CDMAOne. This means that when Lucent in this case wires up Mexico, they have to use IS95 and when they do, they pay a licensing/royalty fee to the mighty Q for the usage rights. Aren't I a brilliant guy? Not so fast--here's what I don't know--what parameters are involved in setting the level of the licensing fees? By the phone call, by the minute, by the number of subscribers, by the erlang (inside joke), in other words, your ' dumb' question is a pretty damn good question. I mean presumably the $$ are alot bigger for 16MM people in Mexico than they would in a smaller region, but the truth is I don't have a clue. Thanks for asking. Anybody have an answer? Regards, Mike Doyle |
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