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To: quidditch who wrote (66374)	2/9/2000 9:30:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

QUALCOMM's Analyst Meeting Dear Investment Professional: Please join us at the La Jolla Playhouse on February 17, 2000 for QUALCOMM's analyst meeting. This meeting will provide analysts and institutional investors with an update on each of QUALCOMM's major business units. Where: La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 Time/Date: 7:30am - 8:00am - Registration, breakfast, product displays 8:00am - 1:30pm - Meeting February 17, 2000 Shuttle Service Departure Times: 07:00am La Jolla Marriott to La Jolla Playhouse 01:30pm La Jolla Marriott to Airport 01:30pm La Jolla Playhouse to La Jolla Marriott 02:10pm La Jolla Marriott to Airport A cocktail reception will be held Feb. 16th at the La Jolla Marriott in the ballroom from 6:30pm to 8:00 pm. If you plan to attend the meeting please fax or email to the address below: QUALCOMM Incorporated Investor Relations Attn: Joe Williams Fax: 858-651-9303 Phone: 858-658-4813 jwilliam@qualcomm.com Deadline to R.S.V.P is February 14, 2000. Name: ______________________________________________ Firm: ______________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ Phone/Fax: ______________________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________________ Please check one of the following: ___Buy-side analyst ___Sell-side analyst ___I am attending the cocktail reception QUALCOMM has established a block of rooms with the La Jolla Marriott, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037. To make reservations please call 858-587-1414. SOURCE QUALCOMM Incorporated -0- 02/09/2000 /CONTACT: Joe Williams, Investor Relations of QUALCOMM Incorporated, 858-658-4813, Fax: 858-651-9303, jwilliam@qualcomm.com/ (QCOM)

To: quidditch who wrote (66374)	2/10/2000 12:57:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

High-tech Industry To Support China Trade Bid WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2000 12:14 PM - TechWeb Feb 09, 2000 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration and the U.S. high-technology lobby have launched a high-profile campaign to convince Congress to approve permanent trade status for China.Both sides in the debate said the issue tops the congressional trade agenda in this election year. The administration and its high-tech industry allies are pressing lawmakers to vote in favor of "permanent normal trade relations" that along with Beijing's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) would normalize trade with China and open the vast Chinese market to eager consumer electronics, telecommunications and Internet companies. Typical of the pitch directed at Congress was a statement by Robert Holleyman, chief executive of the Business Software Alliance, a Washington-based anti-piracy group: "A 'no' vote will only hamstring American high-tech companies and workers," Holleyman said in backing the administration's push for normal trade relations. This year's vote on China "is an unprecedented opportunity to open up new investment, trade and electronic commerce opportunities for American companies," Holleyman said. Normal trade relations with China, along with WTO membership, "will help American companies tap into new economic opportunity and further boost the expansion of e-commerce around the world." The software alliance's members include Apple, Compaq, Microsoft, and other U.S. hardware and software companies that have seen their political clout increase steadily with lawmakers. President Clinton notified Congress in a Jan. 24 letter that he would make normal trade relations with China "a top priority" in 2000. "China has agreed to grant the United States significant new access to its market, while we have agreed simply to maintain the market access policies we already apply to China by granting it permanent" trade status, the president said. However, Congress has already signaled the White House that the congressional debate on China's trade status will be politically charged and contentious. Earlier this month, for instance, the House approved a measure along partisan lines that would increase U.S. military support to Taiwan. The vote drew immediate denunciations from Beijing, which considers Taiwan a renegade province. Telecommunications and networking companies with a huge stake in the outcome of the trade debate have also weighed in in support of the administration's position. Matthew Flanigan, president of Telecommunications Industry Association (Arlington, Va.), said the group "supports the president's call for unconditional, timely approval of [normal trade relations] for China." Chinese entry into the WTO will begin a process of opening its markets to foreign competition. U.S. companies like Qualcomm (San Diego) have already negotiated deals with China's state-owned telecom companies and equipment manufacturers to license its code-division multiple access (CDMA) technology. A deal announced early this month requires Chinese equipment makers to buy their CDMA chip sets from Qualcomm. Industry analysts said Qualcomm's partner in the deal, China Unicom, is trying to use the deal along with China's WTO membership as leverage to gain market share in the country's vast wireless phone market. State-owned China Telecom controls an estimated 95 percent of the Chinese market. "From cell phones to routers to fiber optic cable, U.S. telecom exports to China are contingent upon Congress's positive action on [the trade normalization] issue," TIA's Flanigan said. Political conservatives in Congress, suspicious of China's global intentions, and human rights groups that want approval of normal trade status made contingent on Chinese domestic reforms are expected to fight the president's proposal. Copyright (C) 2000 CMP Media Inc. techweb.com