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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4185)	4/15/2000 10:48:00 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

So tero, tell us what you really think about QCOM's seeking 3G licenses in Japan (in English, hopefully). I didn't bother to actually read the "shot across the bow" press release till just now. I figured it was something about how QCOM will have a cdma2000 booth at some wireless fair in Nagoya. But applying for 3G carrier licenses? On the other side of the world? And bringing the US government into the brouhaha to duke it out with the MPT? What does this mean? Please do not tell me QCOM is trying to get into the carrier business again! This seems surreal to me. No, this is like meta-surreal. What the hell is this?

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4185)	4/15/2000 5:15:00 PM
From: Joar	Respond to of 34857

<< Qualcomm aims to gather the support of the U.S. Trade Representative Office in its bid to provide 3G service here, so its appearance as a fourth applicant for the license is likely to pose another telecommunications-related problem for Tokyo and Washington to resolve.>> Interesting to see this kind of (desperate?) action from a company representing the "free world" and the idea of "free" non-politically boosted free market business (as opposed to European and Asian state-embraced company politics - according to some posts on this thread) Joar