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To: slacker711 who wrote (141769)	3/7/2006 9:03:24 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

QUALCOMM Announces a Dividend Increase Tuesday March 7, 9:00 am ET SAN DIEGO, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 33 percent increase in the Company's quarterly cash dividend. The dividend will increase from $0.09 to $0.12 per share of common stock and will be effective for quarterly dividends payable after March 24, 2006. This dividend increase raises the annual dividend to $0.48 per share of common stock. "We continue to focus on returning capital to our stockholders. In recognition of our strong financial position, our confidence in the future of the corporation and the successful growth of 3G wireless technologies, the QUALCOMM Board of Directors has voted to increase our dividend for the fifth time in three consecutive years," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of QUALCOMM.

To: slacker711 who wrote (141769)	3/8/2006 11:15:20 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 152472

Some random tidbits from the Sprint presentation...IMO, the Barry West presentation on their technology evolution is worth a listen. sprint.com - They see themselves as leading the industry into 4G. They think their technology selection could have an impact worldwide. - Some of their comments seemed to indicate that they hope to have their 4G technology have greater scale than they have had previously. This would probably be a big advantage for either WiMAX or 3G LTE. - The focus in on cost per bit. This was what West always harped on when Nextel was trialing Flarion. - They have a slide that shows some of their potential technology choices. Flarion, 3G LTE, Mobile WiMax, and TD-CDMA (IP Wireless) are all listed around MultiCarrier DO. He went over some of the strengths and weakness of each technology and then just sort of glossed over MultiCarrier DO by saying...."we'll get that anyway". It looks like DOrB is a "no-brainer" for Sprint. - They fact that Qualcomm bought Flarion solved their previous worries about the F-OFDM value chain. - Mentioned IPR problems with WiMax. - He talked about the fact that they will focus their 4G rollout basically on hot spots with their devices falling back to DO everywhere else. Sprint might be the best positioned company for 4G in the world. They have 50,000 base stations and almost 100MHz of spectrum in a band that is still pretty good for wide area coverage....and yet, even they see themselves relying on dual-mode handsets. CDMA modes are going to be required in handsets for a VERY long time to come. Slacker