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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (28146)	7/17/2000 5:13:43 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike: As your once upon a time "agent", I of course hesitate to differ, but on this differ I must. The operator has zero involvement in paying royalties. DoCoMo is an operator. Hence, re: payment of royalties, the suppliers pay, the operator hires suppliers at his own risk, but for his financial health, he better be sure the Q has been paid. Best. Chaz

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (28146)	7/17/2000 10:03:42 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike, << I didn't catch Cha2's comment, but the carrier makes payments directly or indirectly by virtue of the infrastructure equipment it purchases. >> I caught Cha2's comment. He is right, as you are. One thing that is not mentioned here often however is that the carrier NTT DoCoMo WILL receive royalties on W-CDMA as will other Japanese infra and handset manufacturers. This offsets payments they make. Qualcomm gets paid on W-CDMA, but so do others. All part of the combat in this trillion $ game. - Eric -