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To: Clarksterh who wrote (34019)	7/5/1999 8:32:00 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 152472

GTE is a large company and probably has an in-house legal staff that files complaints such as this routinely. Since the staff are already paid for, it is unlikely that there is much extra cost, other than filing fees, etc. Undoubtedly, as you note, they are probably looking for a way to soften up QCOM in conjunction with other deals under negotiation. Unfortunately, this tactic tends to work too often, thanks to the reluctance of courts to sanction lawyers who try this stunt.

To: Clarksterh who wrote (34019)	7/5/1999 8:36:00 AM
From: Morgan Drake	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Is this a "frivolous" action, sanctionable under the FRCP? Does anybody knowledgeable believe that we Q-sters may be able to obtain intervenor status in this suit, based on standing derived from our impairable equity interests in Q? Morgan

To: Clarksterh who wrote (34019)	7/5/1999 8:48:00 AM
From: Mark Marcellus	Respond to of 152472

My guess is that General Counsel Bill Barr wants to make sure he still has a job once the merger is complete ;-) go2net.newsalert.com go2net.newsalert.com

To: Clarksterh who wrote (34019)	7/5/1999 9:13:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Last Paragraph > Standards Body Nears Accord on 3G Mobile By Vanessa Clark 02 July 1999 The standards tangle hampering the development of third generation (3G) mobile, is set to be unknotted a little. Next week, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) - a group formed by GSM-supporting standards bodies - will meet with the intention of bringing its specifications for 3G mobile standards in line with the proposal drawn up by the Operators Harmonization Group. The OHG, an ad hoc group of cellular operators and manufacturers, put forward a way of technically aligning cdma2000 and wideband-CDMA - both proposed 3G standards - to create a single three-mode CDMA standard. The group presented their solution to an International Telecommunication Union Task Group in June. According to a spokesman for the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) - a member of the 3GPP - no group spoke out against the OHG's proposal. Consequently the 3GPP's Technical Specification Group agreed last month that the technical changes the OHG proposed would not affect its timescales - one of the key recommendations of the OHG itself. The ETSI spokesman said the details of the technical alignment would be decided at next week's meeting. The ITU has enthusiastically supported the OHG's proposal. Yoshio Utsumi, ITU secretary-general, said: "We welcome the initiative of the operators in having harmonized the two CDMA approaches to third generation, thus greatly facilitating the remaining harmonization efforts." The ITU instructed the 3GPP and the 3GPP2 - a CDMA-supporting group comprising ANSI/TIA/EIA-41 - to adopt the OHG recommendations and give their feedback to the ITU task group meeting in October. The OHG proposed a single umbrella standard, with three modes enabling the migration from different existing networks: a direct sequence (DS) mode for WCDMA, a multi-carrier (MC) mode for cdma2000 and a time division duplex (TDD) CDMA mode. All three will be handled by a single chip with a dual chip rate of 3.6864mcps and 3.84mcps. Alcatel buys in to petabit network AT&T and BT plot cellular IP link Users find ISPs balk at providing Y2K guarantees IP services battle rages between key Asian hubs Corporate messaging service 'first to launch' E commerce: getting a foot in the door Why WAP is a winner Multimode handsets: the challenges Open source software for telecoms Recruitment: Your telco needs you © EMAP Media 1999