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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: limtex who wrote (145862)	10/24/2006 2:57:43 PM
From: John Hayman	Respond to of 152472

Well, LU did ok with it's cdma. John >snip Unlike Alcatel, Lucent did particularly well in wireless networks, thanks to software upgrades to faster mobile phone networks in North America, known as CDMA EV/DO Rev A. "The good news comes from Lucent which is why (Alcatel) shares are up," said analyst Richard Windsor at Nomura. <snip

To: limtex who wrote (145862)	10/24/2006 5:54:07 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

doesn't Q's share price usually fall just before fright night? Lim, it's been my experience that QCOM share price tends to go up before the earnings are announced, and then drop afterwards. So if the price is dropping now, there is certainly a possibility that some people believe earnings will be weaker than previously forecast. Furthermore, earnings will be augmented by the bookkeeping regulations that require licensing fees to be spread out over the life of the license, rather than be reported when they're received. Art