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To: mozek who wrote (128798)	5/8/2003 1:05:58 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

1) When do the essential patents that ensure QCOM's royalty stream on CDMA expire? I believe that some expire in 2007, what about all of the key patents? The key underlying patents are likely to begin expiring sometime around '07....but newer Qualcomm patents have been designed into all of the CDMA standards. As long as a manufacturer wants to be compatible with either IS-95a based systems or W-CDMA they are going to still need a license from Qualcomm. 2) Does anyone know if there are bluetooth + CDMA handsets on the way? I have friends in Europe who use their bluetooth handsets to access the Internet even at home by connecting through their cell phone. A bluetooth CDMA phone could provide added incentive for people to subscribe to CDMA data services. The Sony Ericsson T608 has BT and should be hitting the market relatively soon. biz.yahoo.com I have no idea why it has taken so long. 3) Any thoughts on when we will actually see rates faster than 60-80kbps and 144kbps burst with 3G? Will we? I think just about every review of 1xEV-DO indicates that realworld speeds should be above 300kbps....with bursts over 1mbps. Slacker

To: mozek who wrote (128798)	5/8/2003 1:11:33 PM
From: limtex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

moz - All I know is that we have the Samsung I330 and it doesn't seem like 140Kbps to me in fact it doesn't even feel like 40Kbps. As for Blue tooth well so what. Waht about Snaptrack and E911 location and all the otehr goodies that 1x is supposed to do. Also OK insider buys would be very re-assuring but how about coming out and dissing a few of these critics. Same something, say anything. The silence is deafening. Not nice for all those who have been long time supporters. Best, L