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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (5937)	1/6/2001 8:08:51 AM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197192

US Wireless auction: round 27 NetHighBids POPs* Price/POP* Price (M) MHz/POP Cellco (VZN) $4,062 82.3 $49.38 $4.05 Alaska Nat (AWE) 2,670 84.6 31.56 2.72 Salmon PCS 2,192 69.5 31.54 2.73 (Cingular) DCC PCS (Dabson) 1,025 28.9 35.49 3.48 VoiceStream 676 19.5 34.64 3.45 Black Crow 382 8.8 43.61 2.58 (US Cellular) Cook Inlet 359 14.5 24.81 2.46 Lafayette (Triton) 304 6.5 46.48 2.49 LEAP Wireless 125 9.7 12.95 1.23 Summit Wireless 53 2.2 24.04 2.24 Total 12,012 168 71.50 2.98 ___________________________________ Source: FCC; * Prudential estimates Ibexx

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (5937)	1/6/2001 10:49:57 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 197192

Re: Qualified Mobile Telecommunications (QMtel) QCOM deal >> Qualcomm Inks CDMA Licensing Deal By Dan McDonough, Jr. Wireless NewsFactor January 5, 2001 Pressing for rapid development of CDMA technology, Qualcomm has licensed its CDMA patents to more than 90 telecommunications equipment manufacturers. Expanding its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) license agreements, Qualcomm, Inc. has closed a CDMA modem card licensing deal with Qualified Mobile Telecommunications (QMtel) of Seoul, South Korea. According to Qualcomm, terms of the deal give QMtel a royalty-bearing license to use certain Qualcomm intellectual property to develop, manufacture and sell CDMA and cdma2000 1xEV modem card products for wireless data communication devices. "This license will allow QMtel to expand their product offerings and help support the continued growth of CDMA technology," said Steve Altman, president of Qualcomm Technology Alliances. Spreading CDMA As the pioneer of CDMA technology -- and, more importantly, the holder of its patents -- Qualcomm has a keen interest in seeing the growth of the technology. The company has made certain it is not alone in developing CDMA products. Qualcomm said it has licensed CDMA patents to more than 90 telecommunications equipment manufacturers, and that the standards of the technology have been adopted or proposed for adoption by authorities worldwide. In December 2000, Qualcomm entered a CDMA-licensing pact that allows Research in Motion Ltd. (Nasdaq: RIMM) to make and sell subscriber products for CDMA and 1xEV wireless applications in North America. Two months earlier, the company signed deals to license its CDMA technology to two other wireless companies, Spirent Communications and AirPrime, Inc. Spirent said it will use the CDMA platform to develop products that will improve wireless phones using current and 3G (third-generation) technology. AirPrime got full subscriber rights to develop CDMA wireless access systems that meet original equipment manufacturing (OEM) requirements. Measuring Popularity San Diego, California-based Qualcomm said its CDMA technology is popular with developers because it uses a large bandwidth to cast wireless transmissions and extends the available "on" time on portable, battery-operated devices. The company develops and markets wireless communications products and services. QMtel, established in February 2000, develops wireless data communications products. << - Eric -

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (5937)	1/6/2001 11:03:00 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 197192

Re: Qualcomm to bid in Brazil? >> Qualcomm May Enter Brazilian License Auction January 5 Kagan.com Qualcomm may bid in Brazil’s C, D and E band PCS licenses, in conjunction with another mobile operator, according to a BNamericas report today (1/5). Bids for the licenses must be tendered by 1/24 and will be put out to bid on January 30, February 20 and March 13. Brazilian regulator ANATEL has divided the country into three regions with three licenses per region. The minimum bid for a license is $323.5 mil. ANATEL has left open the question of technology, meaning it is up to license winners to determine whether they will use an 1800MHz band or a 1900MHz band. << I don't think the last sentence is accurate although a small chunk of 1900 MHz may be available. I can't say this makes a whole lot of sense to me other than "CDMA, Do or Die". Sprint PCS would (has been said to be) the logical CDMA bidder for 1800 MHz. - Eric -