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To: Keith Feral who wrote (4344)	11/6/2000 4:57:43 PM
From: tradeyourstocks	Respond to of 196959

I thought I heard in the most recent CC that there were now 20 companies licensed for WCDMA. Anyone remember hearing that? Anyway, it seems to me that the only issue which remains with regard to WCDMA is the applicability of Q's newer (non IS-95) patents to this standard. I'm just speculating here, but I think that most everyone seems to agree that Q's older patents covering the most important aspects of CDMA are not being questioned. Therefore, anyone that licensed those patents for IS-95 probably feels comfortable extending those licenses for 3G. Based on some comments from Nokia IR, I think they are trying to assert that their existing license for IS-95 is also applicable for 3G since the patents are the same. I'm sure Q would like to expand that agreement to cover some newer patents and raise the licensing fees. That's the way I read this whole thing. MicroE