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

To: Lynn who wrote (1685)	7/31/2000 10:51:43 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196650

lynn, Find you answer here. A detailed Q&A. qualcomm.com Brian H.

To: Lynn who wrote (1685)	7/31/2000 12:02:01 PM
From: JGoren	Respond to of 196650

A spinoff is treated the same as a stock dividend or split. A date of record will be announced and the shares will be distributed about ten to fourteen days thereafter. A spinoff is nothing but a distribution by a corporation of owned shares in another company; tax laws require certain things, such as it is an ongoing separate business to be tax free. For example, by contrast, the Leap Wireless spinoff was taxable because the business were not operating at the time of the distribution. RE: Wingcast. The fact that the equity structure is not being mentioned indicates to me that the number of partners, who they are is not yet final.

To: Lynn who wrote (1685)	7/31/2000 12:18:20 PM
From: cfoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196650

Just finished listening to the Wingcast call. While I want to listen again, my first take is we have a winner. Some immediate high points: >The model - thin client, fat server - I believe is exactly the right way to go. Allows continuous expansion and upgrading of services offered with minimal change to car. >Plan to bring the service to Europe soon! Means CDMA is going to Europe, one way or another. (Can I hear Mercedes-Chrysler on the phone?) >I thought the emphasis on Qualcomm's OmniTracs experience (coverage, service, and safety) was important also. This has been done, is being done. Now they just have to direct it towards passenger cars. >Got the impression a lot more is known. We can expect a series of announcements as they move towards rollout next year. >Just the whole way they are approaching it - new company, independent, untied to the huge mother ship (Ford) - tells me these guys have been doing their homework. I know there is more, but that's it for now.