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To: techguerrilla who wrote (75732)	7/7/2000 5:21:10 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 152472

You are lucky and fortunate to be alive. I've walked away from bad ones, too, but nothing like what you describe. I feel for the investors who got in late last year, after the monstrous runup had taken place, and are now suffering. All I can say is what has been said many times before: This is a long term play unless, like mikemargin, you are a skilled trader. Hang on, you'll be fine. I hope this helps to understand the difference between WCDMA and CDMA2000. Some will tell you that the difference is a fig-leaf. Naturally, there's a lot more to it than that. I'm no engineer, but let me give it a whirl. First, WCDMA is a lot like CDMA in that it spreads bits over spectrum, albeit a wider spectrum than that on which CDMA2000 is carried. Like CDMA, it requires a pilot signal so that the receiving end can recognize the transmission and decode it. Like CDMA, it requires exquisitely accurate power control to work properly. Like CDMA,it needs a means of transferring from cell to cell. The Q has the essential patents on the spreading of spectrum, power control, pilot signal and cell-to-cell handoff. Without any of these, there is no CDMA of whatever flavor. This is why the Q is hard-nosed with its IPR. The chip and clock rates are different for WCDMA and CDMA2000. I don't understand these too well. Perhaps others can discuss. I don't think it makes a big difference nor do I think that those two technical issues eviscerate Q's grip on the essential CDMA patents. There are no doubt other differences between the two but I'm not technically proficient enough to discuss them. Suffice it to say that the Q appears to have the utterly essential IPRs for CDMA of any flavor. There are no doubt other differences between the two.