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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (53146)	11/21/2002 7:53:40 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Jim, << Do you know the extent of Nokia’s CDMA semiconductor design process relative to Nokia in-house effort vs that done by Texas Instruments? >> No I really don't. The strategic partnership with TI is long standing and very close (and very closely guarded). It is my understanding that Nokia works very closely with TI (and its other vendors, but especially with TI) through their own design process using their tools and tools supplied by TI. << It is also my understanding that Nokia does not have a Qualcomm license to sell CDMA chipsets to 3rd parties. >> That is my understanding. << Do you know if or how this might apply to licensing CDMA semiconductor designs? >> No. What gets kind of interesting is that on the WCDMA side of things Motorola will sell both WCDMA chipsets and handset reference designs (which goes a step further than what it sounds like nokia "might" do) and I somehow don't think they are licensed to manufacture either. << Also, I'm assuming by “CDMA semiconductor designs” they are referring to CDMA chipset design, or could it involve something other than that? >> In this case I am assuming 1xRTT chipset design. Sorry I have no deeper insight into this. - Eric -