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To: LarsA who wrote (7796)	10/20/2000 10:37:52 AM
From: foundation	Respond to of 34857

An honest question to anyone, with specific knowledge. ---------- Qualcomm investor relations has stated clearly that Nokia's license does not cover any flavor of 3G, including wCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LAS-CDMA and CDMA2000. Certainly some intellectual property fundamental to wCDMA is integral to 2x CDMA, which Nokia is licensed to apply, but Nokia's liscense agreement is specifically for 2G. The contract will have to be amended to include 3G applications. It will be interesting, if Nokia decides to litigate the legitimacy of QCOM's IP for 3G, to hear their argument as to why the very technology they (and over 90 other companies) found mandatory to license for 2G is somehow unnecessary to license for 3G. There is, as well, additional QCOM IP specific to CDMA 2000 (2.5G and 3G) that is integral to wCDMA Standards. The same is difficult to say regarding TD-SCDMA and LAS-SCDMA (both China's) as the Standards are earlier in development, less mature and defined. ben

To: LarsA who wrote (7796)	10/20/2000 2:53:35 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

A question which I would like to be answered as well. This position by Nokia is odd, considering that many other companies have become 3G licensees. Perhaps there are some core 2G patents, e.g., no. 4,907,301, which would cross over to 3G. Nokia may take the position that it is only these core CDMA patents which it needs in order to implement WCDMA, and that it is not interested in other "non-core" aspects of Q's 3G technology. I agree with you. It would be nice to have clarification.