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To: Morgan Drake who wrote (25472)	3/29/1999 8:20:00 AM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) of 152472

Morgan: The facts* are that the biggest CDMA handset manufacturers are actively pursuing alternate sources of CDMA technology* I would agree with that statement, but pursuing a new supplier and actually designing a quality ASIC are entirely two different animals. To Qualcomm's ASIC competition, I would say Good Luck... Remember, it has taken Nokia (whom Tero loves quite dearly) several years to design a quality ASIC and Nokia's CDMA phone is not out as of yet. So, who knows, whether the ASIC is thtat great or not. With respect to his patent statement. Patent Applications which were filed before the GATT deadline (which is some date in June of 1995) are given a life of 17 years from Patent Publication date. All applications that are filed after that GATT deadline are given a life of 20 years from original date of filing. I think that the person on the Yahoo thread is mis-informed about Qualcomm's patents. I would say that a majority of Qualcomm's patents were issued in the 90s and not in the early 80s as that person on the Yahoo thread claimed. hope that helps, dave

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