Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ruffian who wrote (735)	7/12/2000 12:42:09 PM
From: engineer	Respond to of 197642

I expect that when the first WCDMA system gets rolled out, unless there is alot of licensing going on between now and then, the challenge will come in the form of a blocking lawsuit until such time as the IPR status is really settled. Remember that no WCDMA system has yet to be "sold" anywhere. Only trial systems. the carriers have to know this and I would suspect they are pressuring the whole WCDMA camp to get it sorted out before they deliver the first commercial system. There has to be some deals made very soon. It takes at least 3-6 months to roll out a mature system, such as IS-95a. Rolling out WCDMA systems would have to start taking place in the next 3 months if they had any hope at all of getting it out there by May 1st. BTW - I don't place much hope in that going smoothly, as every system of this complexity takes some time as some new problems with scaling up for size always take place. Even the best system designs take some time to get the tuning and last minute bugs out of. IF WCDMA has already been delivered and working in say a 10k user environment, then it may roll out smoothly. But if they have not gotten a fully deployed system out there, alot of bugs pop up when you actually put the system in the field.