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To: JGoren who wrote (12074)	6/12/2000 10:49:00 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

JGoren. License to make chips is one thing. A License to build phones and use the software is something entirely different. Nok probably needs a 3G license to proceed to build phones. JohnG

To: JGoren who wrote (12074)	6/12/2000 12:37:00 PM
From: cfoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13582

That clarifies that NOK will have access to qcom licensed chips for 1x The PrairieCom announcement does confirm that at least one other company will be making 1X chips. Good for customers (Samsung, Kyo) that need a 2nd source. And as you point out, NOK can eat on one forkful of humble pie (that they would only use their chips) and not get the whole pie in their face (their view) if they buy those chips from QCOM. Question I have is whether PrairieCom has access to the production capacity to satisfy a customer the size of NOK? I would think not. But they do offer a 2nd source for NOK, ala the KYO deal, if NOK decide humble pie is better than being shut out of the CDMA market going forward.