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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (178)	10/30/2002 5:49:24 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 258

Mq, it's very simple, actually. China Mobile will have to announce its 3G plans shortly. Since the only viable standards, WCDMA and CDMA2000, require royalty payments to Q, why not set up a bit of a canard designed to influence a demand for lower royalty payments? It's a weak and mindless bluff reminiscent of the KDDI imbroglio. It will have the same predictable end game. The problem is that the Chinese got away with it when they demanded a lower royalty structure for domestically-consumed CDMA products and Dr. J. mistakenly gave in. He unfortunately showed weakness for which we will pay in the China Mobile negotiation.