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To: Cooters who wrote (12935)	6/23/2000 12:25:00 AM
From: Bulls	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13582

Hey Cooters. QCOM has most rights to CDMA2000 via IS-95. About 15% of the world. The rest of the world, 85% is TDMA based and is in my mind going W-CDMA. Where does this leave QCOM? Well they licensed IPR from IDCC for $5.5M in the mid 90's. This has a bandwidth limitation which I am sure you know and does not include anything after say 1995. Q 10k states, in so many words, that they are going to have to re-license essential patents from IDCC,MOT, etc. Do you think QCOM will get another $5.5 from IDCC? Nope. Now I don't want to bother this board with my IDCC opinion. This is not the correct forum. As for QCOM they have a serious question that needs answering. What IPR do they have for W-CDMA. Jacobs is a press release machine. QCOM is a great company that I even own. Questions though remain. Take a look at QCOM chart and look at IDCC. If IDCC prevails over ERICY as QCOM did. Well you know. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE CIVIL response to me. Teach your child (Ruffian) some manners. Best of luck to you. PS> DO your own homework everyone. Listen to nobody except yourself (including me and especially the buffoon formerly know as Ruffian).

To: Cooters who wrote (12935)	6/23/2000 12:43:00 AM
From: postyle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13582

Never say never....LOL <<Oh genius do you happen to know that NOK has stated that they do not need QCOM to implement 3g? >> Bulls, please? NOK has never stated this and never will. In his US House hearing, Kelly revealed that: "Before any W-CDMA system can be manufactured and commercially deployed, Qualcomm must agree to license its IPRs." The three major areas in which Qualcomm holds IPRs are: closed loop power control, soft hand over, and the rake receiver (for interference reduction). "These aren't fringe areas," Bold told CI. "We believe you can't work around them." Not so, according to Nokia's Bergqvist. He cites the example of GSM, where there are still some unresolved patent issues, and, although there are numerous patents for IS-95, he maintains that "there are no granted patents in W-CDMA, or for that matter in any 3G system, not even any patents pending". "There will be a number of IPR claims from a number of sources," he added. "The international community will have to handle them. For us though, it's business as usual. No single company would have enough patents to hold the others hostage..." <<snip>> siriuscomm.com