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To: foundation who wrote (28523)	11/6/2002 9:24:38 AM
From: foundation	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196562

Developers Cooperate to Reduce 3G Patent Fees (06/11/2002, BWCS Staff) A number of leading lights from the mobile industry have joined together to introduce a new licensing arrangement to cover essential 3G mobile technology patents. NTT DoCoMo, Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens say they have reached a mutual understanding to set licensing fees for wideband CDMA 3G equipment which are proportional to the number of essential patents held by each company. The companies want to create a fair and reasonable means of determining 3G royalty payments. DoCoMo, Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens say that together they own the majority of patents relating to W-CDMA technology, which has so far been chosen as the next-generation standard by more than 100 mobile operators worldwide. Several other equipment manufacturers which hold essential 3G patents are interested in joining the scheme, including Fujitsu, Matsushita/Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and Sony. Torbjorn Nilsson, senior vice president of marketing and strategic business development at Ericsson, says: “W-CDMA is the standard selected by most operators in the world for their future business, and with this initiative we believe the cumulative royalty will be even lower for W-CDMA than GSM, which has enjoyed unrivalled success compared to any other standard in the world.” bwcs.com ========== Several other equipment manufacturers which hold essential 3G patents are interested in joining the scheme, including Fujitsu, Matsushita/Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and Sony." There are certainly the players - with some, but proportionally less essential IP - who should be attracted to favorable cross-licensing terms of a patent pool. They want to manufacture. ".. and with this initiative we believe the cumulative royalty will be even lower for W-CDMA than GSM.." Bearing in mind that GSM royalties were over 25%... www-edocs.unimaas.nl