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To: slacker711 who wrote (4444)	11/9/2000 10:55:48 AM
From: mightylakers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196474

That is still a puzzle right now isn't it? I'm waiting to see how that would be played out.

To: slacker711 who wrote (4444)	11/9/2000 10:57:11 AM
From: Keith Feral	Respond to of 196474

Actually, the IPR for SnapTrac is going to be transferred to SpinCo. QCOM will exchange royalties for CDMA to SnapTrac in exchange for SnapTrac's GPS patents. Thsi will wash any royalty obligations between the 2 companies. SpinCo will use the GPS royalties to whatever means they are capable. There is no telling what they are worth yet. My guess is that they are worth far more than the iddy biddy royalties they will have to pay for any GSM patents they need.

To: slacker711 who wrote (4444)	11/9/2000 11:13:04 AM
From: foundation	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196474

SnapTrack is a stand alone technology that is Standard neutral. Recall, King NTT has tested and plans to use SnapTrack... Rather telling that they did not prefer NOK's advertised, though perhaps vaperous, offering..

To: slacker711 who wrote (4444)	11/9/2000 11:19:02 AM
From: jackmore	Respond to of 196474

If VZ picks another position location technology... Recall this from September: Monday September 25, 8:09 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Allen Telecom Inc. Verizon Wireless and Allen Telecom Successfully Conclude Exhaustive Wireless e911 Caller Location Field Trial BEACHWOOD, Ohio, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, and Allen Telecom Inc. (NYSE: ALN - news) announced today the successful completion of a large-scale CDMA field trial of Allen Telecom's Geometrix(TM) E911 Wireless Location Solution. Simultaneously, Allen announced high volume production of Geometrix systems beginning the fourth quarter of 2000 to meet anticipated carrier demand. Verizon Wireless supervised and conducted the Geometrix trial, utilizing the standardized CDMA Development Group (CDG) wireless E911 verification test plan. Geometrix location system equipment was installed in Verizon Wireless base station cellular sites to cover a land area of over 1,000 square kilometers in and around Lexington, Kentucky. Verizon Wireless conducted more than 4,000 tests in 60 different calling scenarios covering virtually any conceivable emergency calling condition, including inside structures of various composition and moving and stationary vehicles. Trial tests and measurements included urban, suburban, and rural environments. All test calls were made from standard commercially available handsets. The trial area is representative of numerous wireless markets in the United States. Allen Telecom officials said they were delighted that the positive results of the Verizon Wireless testing were consistent with other trials verifying that the Geometrix system meets FCC Phase II requirements for wireless E911 caller location accuracy. The Phase II FCC requirements go into effect in 2001, and wireless carriers must inform the FCC as to their location technology choice by November 9 of this year. Allen Telecom's Grayson Wireless division designs, builds, and markets the Geometrix system, a state-of-the-art, scalable, cost-effective, network overlay solution intended to allow carriers to meet the FCC's stringent requirements for wireless E911 caller location. Geometrix, which works with TDMA, AMPS, and iDEN wireless air interfaces as well as CDMA, supports the vast majority of wireless phones in use in the United States. Geometrix can also provide caller-locating support for a wide variety of location-based value-added services Allen Telecom's ( allentele.com ) eight divisions provide wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure market. Grayson Wireless supplies state-of-the-art measurement and signal processing systems for testing the overall performance of a wireless network and providing geolocation services. FOREM supplies sophisticated filters, duplexers, combiners, amplifiers and microwave radios to an array of OEM customers. MIKOM focuses on providing repeaters, in-building systems and other products that enhance both the coverage and the capacity of a wireless system. Tekmar Sistemi provides integrated low power fiber optic and cable distributed antenna systems for indoor coverage systems. Decibel Products and Antenna Specialists manufacture land based and mobile antennas in frequency bands that cover all of the traditional wireless networks. Comsearch offers engineering and consulting services for wireless operators. <snip>

To: slacker711 who wrote (4444)	11/9/2000 2:44:25 PM
From: 100cfm	Respond to of 196474

Verizon could go with a network based location system that should work with any handset. I would also think that the snaptrack portion of the ASIC could be disabled in that case. The beauty of snaptrack now comes to light with the fact of NOK&MOT making their own chips. For phones sold to PCS they now have the added difficulty of having to apply additional functioning software to their barely functioning ASICS. If they manage to incorporate snaptrack successfully then they pay Q for just snaptrack and the asic royalty. If they can't then they must buy from Q and pay across the board.