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To: Cooters who wrote (78934)8/23/2000 10:39:07 PM
From: CRay33  Respond to of 152472
 
Here is a link to the Korea Herald. It's helpful to search on CDMA to read the latest updates
there.

koreaherald.co.kr



To: Cooters who wrote (78934)8/23/2000 10:59:17 PM
From: JohnG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
Cooters. More on 15% to 18% royalties. Huge medeling by NTT here. There must be huge behind the sceens rewards and threats by the Japanese.
JohnG

etnews.co.kr|03

Communication equipment firms oppose
asynchronous mode for IMT-2000 service

¡¡While most candidates for IMT-2000 service licenses have
expressed their willingness to choose asynchronous technology,
communication equipment suppliers oppose that specification.
¡¡
¡¡The IMT-2000 consortia led by Korea Telecom, SK Telecom
and the LG Group intend to adopt asynchronous technology,
but government regulators have urged at least one of them to
choose synchronous technology.
¡¡
¡¡Under the situation, a senior official at Samsung Electronics
said communication equipment makers will have to pay royalties
for basic technologies related with asynchronous IMT-2000,
running from of 15 percent to 18 percent, which is much higher
than royalties for synchronous specification.
¡¡
¡¡Another official at a communication equipment company said
he expected a maximum royalty of 20 percent for asynchronous
technology, although it is held to be superior to synchronous
mode. He claimed that synchronous technology is the best
choice for Korea.
¡¡
¡¡Observers said Korean communication equipment makers will
lose their competitiveness in the global IMT-2000 system market
because they have virtually no patents for related technologies
that can be used as instruments for cross-licensing.
¡¡
¡¡
Date : 2000.08.24



To: Cooters who wrote (78934)8/24/2000 7:33:23 AM
From: foundation  Respond to of 152472
 
"... (wCDMA) will cost an average of between 15 and 18 percent in royalties compared with the 5 percent due Qualcomm..."
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Nokia's quandary -

If they cut a deal with QCOM, the wCDMA royalty consortium collapses. The already very slim prospect of keeping wCDMA royalties competitive with CDMA is lost.

If they don't cut a deal, the 1x market in Asia and the US is lost. Down the toilet.

Between a rock and, well, a rock.

Love it.


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