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To: idler who wrote (7868)	3/23/2000 11:36:00 AM
From: LBstocks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

The Hitachi agreement confirms (yet again) that QCOM will get paid royalties regardless of the flavor of CDMA used in 3G. Here is the quote: "The royalties payable by Hitachi are the same irrespective of the licensed CDMA standard." It also confirms that companies will need separate licenses from QCOM for 3G (i.e. a license for cdmaOne does not give one a license for 3G). Here is the quote: "Prior to the amendment, Hitachi's CDMA license covered only cdmaOne(TM) applications. With the amendment, Hitachi's CDMA agreement has now been expanded to grant Hitachi a license under QUALCOMM's essential CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell infrastructure and subscriber equipment for all modes of the third-generation CDMA standard, including Multi-Carrier (MC), formerly cdma2000, and Direct Spread (DS), formerly W-CDMA. Under the terms of the amendment, Hitachi has agreed to pay QUALCOMM a multi-million dollar up-front license fee and ongoing royalties as Hitachi begins selling third-generation CDMA equipment." This means more license fees and royalties for QCOM.