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To: Bux who wrote (3988)	2/16/2000 3:31:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5195

bux "Also, are you still adamant that the '94 agreement is strictly limited to IS-95 or are you softening your position to include the possibility that some or all 2.5-3G technologies may be covered under the agreement?" i am not an attorney; but, given the fact that (a)the 3g platform was nonexistent in 94, (b) that standards law has significantly developed since 94, relative to worldwide platforms, (c) wcdma transmission signal spreading requirements exceed 10mghz (downlink) for IMT2000, and (d) cdma2000 includes new technology or downlink, or reverse link, which we've been told operates on a pilot basis and is clearly an IDC focused design (this comes from a participant), i see little possibility that (as has been stated by another) IDC "sold the farm" ad infinitum for every conceivable application, platform, or design which Qualcomm could build. CDMA2000 can transmit on both uplink and downlink in less than 10mghz without fully maximizing use of multimedia services or other asymmetric traffic (and to what extent will this be done? very little for actual applications relative to consumer demand); but then you're left with point (d) above which means they need to sign a new IDC technology agreement anyway. WCDMA, however, has built in platform spreading requirements under IMT2000 which differ from CDMA2000 (WCDMA's extend beyond 10mghz). eventually CDMA2000 must upgrade to extend its spread to compete (in my thinking); HDR is simply not enough to compete in a wireless TV environment - or video based internet for that matter. it is possible that Qualcomm invented HDR for the very purpose of staying within a specific spread. But this won't be enough for all multimedia constraints relative to tests currently on record. there are other issues in that neopoint agreement i can address later.