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To: brian h who wrote (546)	2/18/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (1) of 34857

Hi Brian! Indeed this will be the end of GSM... just like Nokia and Ericsson envisioned. Before GSM is played out, however, this new standard will give it a boost by ensuring that there is an upcoming grade-up standard endorsed by all major players. The cash flow from the new infrastructure equipment will probably eclipse anything GSM produced (and that's a whole lot moolah). Since this is the only easy upgrade for current GSM operators companies having a headstart in W-CDMA will now stand to benefit handsomely. I don't quite follow your train of thought as to how the new standard could be inimical to Nokia, since it was Nokia's brainchild in the first place, but thanks for contributing for the thread nonetheless. We have a kind of Nordic flavored thread here; every view point is valued, the negative as well as positive. It's refreshingly different from threads where the dissenters are shouted down. You can make your own guess about whether companies involved in W-CDMA are ready to pay 5% royalties to Qualcomm or whether they would rather use alternative solutions. The royalty proposal of this magnitude is very telling of Qualcomm's attitude. Tero

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