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To: foundation who wrote (92352)	1/23/2001 8:05:31 PM
From: David E. Taylor	Respond to of 152472

Ben: I watched a bunch of the video clips of Nokia personnel answers to questions about its competitive position in CDMA and W-CDMA from that "Capital Market Days" meeting late last year. The overall impression I was left with was that they were pretty defensive in their answers, which amounted to little more than claiming that Nokia was confident it would have the necessary IPR licensed and products developed to meet the market demand. David T.

To: foundation who wrote (92352)	2/4/2001 11:27:34 AM
From: Labrador	Respond to of 152472

Nokia's Move Into CDMA Nokia has been quietly building its CDMA business. Here are some of the changes: Redesigned the technologies used in its CDMA handsets. Bolstered its investments in CDMA research and development worldwide, including expanded facilities in San Diego and Seoul, South Korea, and a new facility in Vancouver, British Columbia. Opened three CDMA product support centers in Dallas, Toronto and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Formed a partnership with Telson in South Korea to help deliver Nokia-designed cellular and PCS products to the Korean market and use the company as an R&D arm and for support developing CDMA 1XRTT devices. What Others Say On the potential market for Nokia CDMA handsets: "The operators could benefit by having a Nokia product at the point of sale. Nokia brand strength is pretty immense and overwhelming." --Bryan Prohm, senior analyst, mobile communications, Dataquest On Nokia's CDMA strategy: "What you're seeing here is based on pride and, perhaps because they've gotten to where they are, some arrogance. They're trying to do too much and are spreading themselves too thin. This [5185i problem] may be a warning." --Herschel Shosteck, president, Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. Benjamin, when I ran a search on Telson, I can up with the same article that you posted, but there were a few additional paragraphs stated, which I've posted above