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To: PMG who wrote (34750)	11/3/2000 3:47:48 PM
From: shamsaee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

OT...I never assumed that.Qcom has a lot of leverage and technology know how for any form of cdma.MOT and ERIC pay royalties to qcom on any form of cdma.NOK pays on current cdma and has not signed for 3g cdma 2000,wcdma yet.NTT is in the same boat as NOK but you can bet your last penny they will pay and have licensing agreements in place before any launch of wcdma.They already lost patent rulings in japan and europe to qcom earlier in the year. The best is that from a chip production know how they are so far behind qcom that they are either buying directly(i.e MOT,ERIC) or indirectly NOK via Tellson via qcom.Siemens just signed up with Toshiba for wcdma chips today,where Toshiba signed up licensing agreement with qcom a few weeks ago.It is all a face saving exercise for these giants not being able to compete and having to admit all their R&D expenditure can't come up with a working chip. They are Milking GSM systems last few years for what it is worth. The standard issue is very political and in my opinion money under the table and still a long way from clear.The net effect of WCDMA is the same,as qcom will get paid and not pay anything,the only difference is that the other IPR holders will also get some royalty.