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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (2651)	6/15/1999 11:35:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Off to the dictionary. Ahhhhhhhhhh. Now I have a clearer picture of my tendency toward tendentious tendentiousness. :) --Mike Buckley

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (2651)	6/16/1999 8:34:00 AM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Good point. The real problem here is that we don't have a lot of firm documentation here as to who exactly controls what part of the standards for 3G. Personally, I don't think royalties and control are the same thing. Royalties are just a payment. If you get royalties from an oil well on your property, you still don't control how the well is drilled. The lack of control will not keep you from making a lot of money. The standards will be administered by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union), and will consist of 3 modes. These are Direct Spread and Time Division Duplex ( developed in Europe) and CDMA 2000 developed in America and trademarked by QCOM.The 3G phones will work in all 3 modes. I can see that you understand that this means is that in the best case, QCOM could only dominate one of these modes. I will see if I can get some more information from investor relations. However, as with lots of somewhat esoteric discussions I suppose this depends on the exact definition of words, in this case the word "control" <g>.