To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (56194 ) 7/7/2000 7:30:36 AM From: Haim R. Branisteanu Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 99985 The phrase of truth and more words of so called "wisdom" came from BUBBLE VISION this morning from Kudlow quote "people vote their portfolio" ...... e.g. not their conscious or what will be right for the country. This was mentioned wen it was discussed that Gore is bashing, rightly so, the drug companies about their pricing tactics, and that it will hurt the 100 million with 401K accounts. QCOM is down due to Korea problemsbloomberg.com Haim Korea Mobile Phone Companies Choose Nokia, DoCoMo Standard Over Qualcomm By Ian King Seoul, July 7 (Bloomberg) -- Korea's biggest mobile phone service operators said they'll use a system allowing high-speed Internet access developed by Nokia Oyj, Ericsson AB and NTT DoCoMo Inc., turning their backs on a Qualcomm Inc. version. SK Telecom Co., Korea Telecom Corp. and LG Telecom Co., set to corner Asia's third-largest cellular market after a series of acquisitions are completed in the coming months, are seen by most analysts as the most likely to win three licenses to start offering the services next year. Their decision is blow to San Diego-based Qualcomm because all 26 million of Korea's mobile users are now hooked up via cellular phones using Qualcomm technology. The new networks will allow data to be transmitted much faster than at present, allowing users to surf Web sites, send photographs and even hold video conference calls. ``This is bad news indeed for Qualcomm, as Korea has been one of the primary users of its technology,'' said Jeremy Brest, head of technology for North Asia at Nomura International Hong Kong Ltd.