From: Julie Cunningham <juliec@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: QCOM fax
This refers to the NDA Agreement between QUALCOMM and Ericsson that dates
back to 1989. It is a public document and is the subject of our litigation
with Ericsson over breach of NDA and unfair competition. Although the
paragraph below is paraphrased a little, it is correct.
Best Regards,
Julie Cunningham
At 09:38 PM 10/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Julie;
>I found the following at a website. I'm trying to verify its veracity. Is
>it real? Can you tell me more about it? I'm a Qualcomm shareholder and
>this is the first I've heard of it. Thank you.
>
>
>Qualcomm has faxed a release out tonight that is a copy of a 12/1/1989
>Non-disclosure agreement with Ericsson. I have not seen it anywhere online.
>It is long, but they direct you to a single paragraph that is most relevant:
>
>5. Ericsson Radio Systems hereby agrees and acknowledges that Q's specific
>implementation of CDMA technology and Spread Spectrum techniques in
>conjunction with any telephone or cellular radio telephone or mobile radio
>product or service("Qualcomm's CDMA Technology") is proprietary to QCOM.
>ERS hereby agrees that Q's CDMA Technology includes, but is not limited to,
>Q's techniques for soft handoff, interference control, voice activity
>detection, power control, multiple receivers for multipath mitigration and
>CDMA signal design including forward error correction, PN sequence
>generation, pilot carrier and CDMA synchronization. Further, in addition to
>Q's CDMA Technology, the implementation of such a system, including, but
>not limited to, interface information, shall remain Q's Confidential and
>Proprietary information and ERS shall not use this information in any other
>manner than permitted by this agreement.
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Julie C. Cunningham
Vice President, Investor Relations
QUALCOMM Incorporated
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