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To: slacker711 who wrote (5171)	1/13/2000 2:42:00 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 13582

tremendous pressure on the handset suppliers to come up with a GSM/CDMA phone. What do you think the royalty ramifications would be for QCOM? Would the GSM royalty payments make trimode ASICs a "wash" (royalty-profitwise for QCOM)? Hard to believe that they would develop them if that were the case...any ideas how that might play out, given the likelihood of development?

To: slacker711 who wrote (5171)	1/13/2000 2:44:00 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 13582

Korea and HDR.... It looks like Korea is really leaning towards W-CDMA....Anybody have any ideas how much it would cost to upgrade an IS-95 network to W-CDMA? chosun.com Qualcomm Seeks Partners for HDR Qualcomm chairman Irwin Jacobs announced Thursday that it was seeking Korean partners to use the company's high data rate (HDR) wireless internet connection technology for the next generation cellular phones. Jacobs said that he had already signed a deal with Korea Telecom's Freetel last year and was looking to sign deals with five more firms including SK Telecom. Jacobs said that the company had finished final testing and would market HDR in 2001. However, the government is known to favor the IMT2000 technology developed by Europe and Japan as unlike HDR, it transmits data and voice. Commenting on allegations that Qualcomm overcharged Korean companies with regard to royalties Jacobs stated that the amount was fairly decided for all sixty manufacturers worldwide that it supplies. He added that with the advent of new technology, some adjustments may be made. As to the dispute between Qualcomm and ETRI, he said he hoped fair arbitration by the International Chamber of Commerce would bring about an amicable resolution.