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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim Mullens who wrote (30579)	12/31/2002 2:22:34 PM
From: iggyl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196568

If a company is not in the GSM royalty pool and has to pay GSM royalties, has WCDMA IP and enters the WCDMA royalty pool and then produces a dual mode phone with both GSM and WCDMA capability, what is their royalty payment? Unless there is some favorable arrangement to non-GSM companies entering the WCDMA royalty pool, aren't these companies significantly disadvantaged, compared to the Nokias, Ericssons, and Motorolas as long as dual mode GSM/WCDMA phones are necessary.