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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (48846)	11/14/2001 9:59:42 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 54805

Uncle Frank was pointing out in an earlier post the impact of bias and motive. I'm probably not as trusting as you, so me personally, I wouldn't bet a lot of my money on the sure thing that Q has completely escaped this patent expiration trap. I agree in general with what you say. There is nothing certain in this world. And I definitely keep a weather eye on all corporate communications and strategies. However, the Q's patent strategy is a solid one backed up by the fact that it is indisputably the leader in all aspects of CDMA technology. Its work is generally a year or two ahead of the competition, a circumstance which should, in my view, allow it to maintain its patent strategy. I'm not an insider. I have never seen any credible information concerning details of the terms of the licenses Q offers to its customers, so to speculate is probably a waste of time. The only information Q has made public concerning its licenses is that it insists, without exception, on the "use one, pay for all" terms. It has gotten away with this strategy for some time now. Even Nokia cratered when it was faced with the prospect of being unable to sell 3G infra. So, I agree, nothing is certain. I bet the odds. Unless Q stumbles somehow, they're very good.