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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5071)	5/29/2000 12:51:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero, << Have you seen Ericsson supporting Qualcomm on any of the standardization issues? >> Yes. 1XMC and 1XMC with HDR. 3GPP2. Obviously, Ericsson sees a market. Perhaps just as important as standardization support is knowledge transfer for UTRA chip design. - Eric -

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5071)	5/29/2000 12:53:00 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 34857

what do you see as the major benefit from selling the infra division to Ericsson? I think the major benefit that Qualcomm got was the agreement by Ericsson to pay identical royalties across all modes of CDMA. At the time, I think even the most ardent Qualcomm bulls expected a lower royalty for 3G (this was most likely going to be in exchange for a more "converged" 3G standard). Of course, Ericsson now seems to be saying that none of the above occurred. Perhaps they are able to say that they can charge less royalties by splitting the infrastructure deal into two parts (as you and Mika have hinted at).....but I dont think anything is going to get them out of paying the agreed upon royalties for the handsets. In the end, it all depends on who you believe....Qualcomm was EXPLICIT in their statements about the royalties that Ericsson was going to pay. It is up to you if you choose to believe them or not. Slacker