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To: JohnG who wrote (13410)	6/29/2000 11:34:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 13582

(37/M/California) 6/29/00 11:21 am Dot Wireless is one of the companies that appear's on Dr. J's "Family Tree" of Qualcomm started companies. They are the consumer products division of Nextwave. I don't think this is bad for Qualcomm - it signals that TXN might be more interested in the CDMA arena. Many at Dot Wireless are ex-Q personnel. In fact, I think the head dude is one of the BIG Qualcomm shareholders with a single-digit employee number. I'm not sure you need the same kind of CDMA license to produce CDMA support products as you do to crank out cellphones. I think you'd be surprised at how many companies have some kind of CDMA license. In any case, these guys are definitely connected. In fact, I'd be surprised if this isn't a one-time gain for Nextwave's bottom line, which can only be good for Qualcomm, as otherwise it might not generate anything much out of its Nextwave investment. 8') OdiesDad >>