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To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (18472)	2/24/2002 2:05:21 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Peter, << Who has the lead in WCDMA asic development? >> I don't have a clue. I am not exactly sure who is sourcing NEC, Matsushita, and Mitsubishi, who are first out the door with single mode right now and I'm not sure to what degree they are developing themselves or in conjunction with IC manufacturers. In addition to NEC, ... Nokia, and Sony Ericsson are the two manufacturers who have publicly committed to having dual-mode handsets commercially available in H2 02, and I guess Motorola's statements could be construed to promise commercially available handsets in the same time frame. I don't think that there is much doubt that both Nokia and Sony Ericsson have working prototypes and probably reference designs on networks that are currently live and testing. If they don't then not much testing is going on and it is going to be darned hard for them to deliver H2. I am assuming that Nokia's SOC's are developed in conjunction with TI and same for Sony Ericsson, but Sony Ericsson may be working multiple sources. I didn't pay all that much attention to Prariecomm's and Tropian's announcements last week or where IBM, Infineon, or STM are at. - Eric -

To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (18472)	2/25/2002 8:55:02 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: WCDMA from Intel via Sasken Intel Licenses WCDMA Protocol Stack Cellular News 25th February 2002 The software services group, Sasken has said that its WCDMA protocol stack software has been optimized to work on Intel's semiconductor platform. "Sasken's wireless protocol stack solution will provide competitive differentiation for semiconductor offerings. Working with Intel is an important step toward meeting our goal in becoming the world's leading independent vendor for wireless protocol stacks" said Rajiv Mody, Chief Executive Officer of Sasken. Hans Geyer, Vice President & General Manager, Cellular Communication Division, Intel, said "Sasken is a leading communications software vendor in 3G wireless technologies. They have demonstrated their expertise in evolving wireless technologies and translating them into commercial products. We have been working with Sasken for over a year to optimize their WCDMA protocol stack for Intel's platform. With this excellent WCDMA technology and the Intel Personal Internet Client Architecture, we are providing our customers with the ability to deliver exciting next-generation voice and data devices." << - Eric -