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To: TMann who wrote (5813)	12/30/2000 1:30:56 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 196535

TMann: In specific answer to your concern - from another thread: "To: 100cfm who wrote (37193) From: gdichaz Saturday, Dec 30, 2000 11:30 AM ET Reply # of 37203 100cfm: Re: Woo's statement that: ""All of the manufacturers I have talked to that are licensing the CDMA are telling us that it is absolutely false that they are paying royalties to Qualcomm for UMTS," Woo said." Since no UMTS system is in commercial operation - i.e. earning money - no royalties to Qualcomm are due - yet. Testing can be done without paying royalties. It is when the rubber hits the road that royalties begin. The statement is literally true and completely misleading. The license situation is a much better indicator of the need for royalties to the Q for UMTS than the current [lack of] cash payments. Woo is whistling past the graveyard on this specific point. (Although no one in his right mind would count AT&T out. The brand name and marketing clout and the "halo effect" of AT&T are powerful indeed. And the NTT connection with the i mode potential is a real competitive weapon - which may or may not turn out to be successful in the US)" Best. Chaz